Treatment of lower eyelid rhytids and laxity with ablative fractionated carbon-dioxide laser resurfacing: Case series and review of the literature

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 730-740

  Tierney, Emily P ^a,b   Hanke, C William ^a   Watkins, Lynnette ^c  

^a ST VINCENT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Eye Center Group   (United States)

Author keywords

ablative fractional resurfacing; eyelid tightening; laser resurfacing

Indexed keywords

ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LOWER EYELID; MALE; PHOTOAGING; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 79952811016     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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