Review of the literature: Treatment of dyspigmentation with fractionated resurfacing

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1499-1508

  Tierney, Emily P ^a,b   Hanke, C William ^a  

^a Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Indiana   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; MINOCYCLINE;

CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DERMIS; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPIGMENTATION; EPIDERMIS; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FRACTIONAL RESURFACING; FRACTIONAL THERMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOCYTE; NONABLATIVE LASER RESURFACING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; CICATRIX; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77957325560     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01672.x     Document Type: Review

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