Treatment of laser complications

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 316-323

  Alster, Tina S ^a   Khoury, Randa R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Cutaneous; Laser; Skin; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ECTROPION; EPIDERMOID CYST; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SURGICAL INFECTION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

ACNE VULGARIS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; ECTROPION; EPIDERMAL CYST; ERYTHEMA; FACE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; REJUVENATION; SKIN AGING; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

EID: 74549191404     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: 10988793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243080     Document Type: Review

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