The use of non-ablative fractional resurfacing in Asian acne scar patients

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 870-875

  Chan, Nicola P Y ^a   Ho, Stephanie G Y ^a   Yeung, Chi K ^a   Shek, Samantha Y N ^a   Chan, Henry H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acne; Asian; fractional; laser; non ablative; photothermolysis; post inflammatory hyperpigmentation; scar

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SCAR;

EID: 78349239064     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20976     Document Type: Article

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