Skin tightening

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2011, Pages 147-152

  Woolery Lloyd, Heather ^a   Kammer, Jenna N ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

AGING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DERMIS; DEVICE; ELASTICITY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LAXITY; SKIN TIGHTENING; SKIN TIGHTNESS; SUN EXPOSURE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

COLLAGEN; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER THERAPY; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

COLLAGEN DENATURATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; EXTRINSIC FACTORS; GENETIC FACTORS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SKIN ELASTICITY;

COLLAGEN;

EID: 80052050255     PISSN: 14215721     EISSN: 16622944     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000328284     Document Type: Review

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