Efficacy and safety of a carbon-dioxide ablative fractional resurfacing device for treatment of atrophic acne scars in Asians

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-283

  Manuskiatti, Woraphong ^a   Triwongwaranat, Daranporn ^a   Varothai, Supenya ^a   Eimpunth, Sasima ^a   Wanitphakdeedecha, Rungsima ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

ablative fractional resurfacing; Asians; atrophic acne scars; carbon dioxide; fractional photothermolysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; HYDROQUINONE; PETROLATUM; TRIAMCINOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ABLATION THERAPY; ACNE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATROPHIC ACNE SCAR; ATROPHIC SKIN DISEASE; CARBON DIOXIDE ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL RESURFACING LASER; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTODERMATOSIS; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SCAR; SKIN SURFACE; TELEVISION CAMERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WOUND DRESSING; ACNE VULGARIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FACE; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCAR;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CICATRIX; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955294139     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.08.051     Document Type: Article

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