Expert Opinion: Efficacy of superficial chemical peels in active acne management - What can we learn from the literature today? Evidence-based recommendations

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 695-704

  Dreno B ^a   Fischer, T C ^b   Perosino, E ^c   Poli, F ^d   Viera, M S ^e   Rendon, M I ^f   Berson, D S ^g   Cohen, J L ^h   Roberts, W E ⁱ   Starker, I ^j   Wang, B ^k  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Skin and Laser Center ^*  (Germany)

^c Practice for Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine   (Italy)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Centroderm   (Spain)

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

^g NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Peer Group Plastic Surgery Center   (United States)

^k MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

acne; chemical peel(s); chemical peeling; glycolic acid; salicylic acid; seborrhoea

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; GLYCOLIC ACID; RETINAL; SALICYLIC ACID; SALICYLIC MANDELIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPERFICIAL CHEMICAL PEEL;

ACNE VULGARIS; CHEMEXFOLIATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; PYRUVIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID;

EID: 79955923310     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03852.x     Document Type: Review

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