Outcomes of fractional CO2 laser application in aesthetic surgery: A retrospective review

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 845-852

  Neaman, Keith C ^a   Baca, Marissa E ^b   Piazza III, Rocco C ^a   VanderWoude, Douglas L ^a   Renucci, John D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ablative laser; CO2 fractional laser; facial rejuvenation; skin resurfacing

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECTROPION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FACE; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; REJUVENATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REJUVENATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650823782     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X10386930     Document Type: Article

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