Percutaneous collagen induction versus full-concentration trichloroacetic acid in the treatment of atrophic acne scars

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-216

  Leheta, Tahra ^a   El Tawdy, Amira ^a   Abdel Hay, Rania ^a   Farid, Sally ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; HYDROQUINONE; RETINOIC ACID; SUNSCREEN; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC ACNE SCAR; BURNING SENSATION; CHEMICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF SKIN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS COLLAGEN INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; TRANSIENT ERYTHEMA; TRANSIENT POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSTICS; CHEMEXFOLIATION; CICATRIX; DERMABRASION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951955003     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01854.x     Document Type: Article

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