Fractionation: A New Era in Laser Resurfacing

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 449-461

  Saedi, Nazanin ^a   Petelin, Anthony ^a   Zachary, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional; Fractionation; Fraxel; Laser; Photothermolysis; Resurfacing

Indexed keywords

ACNE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHLOASMA; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; EPITHELIZATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFECTION; LASER RESURFACING; LENTIGO; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MICROSCOPIC EPIDERMAL NECROTIC DEBRIS; MICROTHERMAL ZONE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOAGING; PIGMENT DISORDER; PULSED DYE LASER; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; SCAR; SKIN REJUVENATION;

CICATRIX; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHEMA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN AGING; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 79961100916     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: 15580504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2011.02.008     Document Type: Review

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