Current state of acne treatment: Highlighting lasers, photodynamic therapy, and chemical peels

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2-

  Kim, Randie H ^a   Armstrong, April W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOLIC ACID; ISOTRETINOIN; METHYL AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; MINOCYCLINE; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BURNING SENSATION; CHEILITIS; COMEDO; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY SKIN; EDEMA; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFECTION RISK; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SURGERY;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHEMEXFOLIATION; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DERMATOLOGY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; ISOTRETINOIN; LASER THERAPY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETINOIDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953034274     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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