Skin tightening effect using fractional laser treatment II: A pilot animal study on skin remodeling

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-75

  Dainichi, Teruki ^a   Ueda, Setsuko ^b   Fumimori, Takeaki ^a   Kiryu, Hiromaro ^c   Hashimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ueda Setsuko Clinic   (Japan)

^c Fukuoka Institute for Dermatopathology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRACTION STRESS; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; ERBIUM GLASS LASER; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; FACE; FRACTIONAL LASER RESURFACING; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CAPILLARY; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN TENSION; SKIN TIGHTENING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REJUVENATION; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 73549105676     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01382.x     Document Type: Article

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