Treatment of Acne Scarring

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-291

  Rao, Jaggi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acne scarring; Acne vulgaris; Laser treatment

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROURACIL; HEMOSIDERIN; IMIQUIMOD; KERATIN; MELAN A; PIMECROLIMUS; RETINOID; TACROLIMUS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ACNE VULGARIS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; KELOID; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN INJURY; SWITCHED LASER; VASODILATATION; WOUND HEALING;

ACNE KELOID; ACNE VULGARIS; CICATRIX; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 79960342895     PISSN: 10647406     EISSN: 15581926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2011.04.004     Document Type: Review

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