Skin tightening of aging upper arms using an infrared light device

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-449

  Blyumin Karasik, Marianna ^a,c   Rouhani, Panta ^b   Avashia, Nidhi ^b   Miteva, Maria ^a   Romanelli, Paolo ^a   Kaufmann, Joely ^a   Woolery Lloyd, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Baumann Cosmetic and Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TIGHTNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79954525411     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.01917.x     Document Type: Article

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