Laser systems for ablative fractional resurfacing

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-83

  Paasch, Uwe ^a   Haedersdal, Merete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ablative fractional photothermolysis; CO2 laser; Er:YAG laser; Er:YSGG laser; photodamage; skin resurfacing; wound healing

Indexed keywords

CO2 LASER; ER:YAG LASERS; ER:YSGG LASER; PHOTO-DAMAGE; PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; WOUND HEALING;

GALLIUM; GARNETS; LASER SURGERY; SCANDIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

ERBIUM;

DRUG;

ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL RESURFACING; ACNE; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ELASTOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERBIUM YSGG LASER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; LIGHT DAMAGE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT DISORDER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN STRUCTURE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND HEALING; WRINKLE;

COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78650395485     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.74     Document Type: Article

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