Postprocedural wound-healing efficacy following removal of dermatosis papulosa nigra lesions in an African American population: A comparison of a skin protectant ointment and a topical antibiotic

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Taylor, Susan C ^a   Averyhart, Aisha N ^b   Heath, Candrice R ^c  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Society Hill Dermatology   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaphor Healing Ointment; bacitracin; dermatosis papulosa nigra; polymyxin B sulfate; Polysporin; postprocedural wound care; skin protectant

Indexed keywords

AHO; AQUAPHOR HEALING OINTMENT; BACITRACIN ZINC PLUS POLYMYXIN B; MELANIN; POLY BAC; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOSIS PAPULOSA NIGRA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PIGMENT DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN INJURY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PAIN; SKIN SURGERY; SKIN TIGHTNESS; SKIN TINGLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BACITRACIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; GRAMICIDIN; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, SEBORRHEIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PETROLATUM; POLYMYXIN B; SKIN IRRITANCY TESTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79951557688     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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