Retrospective analysis of non-ablative scar treatment in dark skin types using the sub-millisecond Nd:YAG 1,064 nm Laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-136

  Badawi, Ashraf ^a,b   Tome, Mohamed A ^c   Atteya, Abeer ^b   Sami, Nevine ^b   Morsy, Iman A L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

atrophic scar; darker skin types; laser; Nd:YAG; non ablative; post inflammatory hyper pigmentation (PIH)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER SAFETY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN SCAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952418770     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.21031     Document Type: Article

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