Ablative skin resurfacing

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2011, Pages 40-47

  Chwalek, Jennifer ^a   Goldberg, David J ^b,c  

^a Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of New York & New Jersey   (United States)

^b New York NY ^*  (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR; FLUCONAZOLE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VALACICLOVIR;

ABLATIVE SKIN RESURFACING; ACNE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ECTROPION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SAFETY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MYCOSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PETECHIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PURPURA; REVIEW; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ACNE VULGARIS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ERBIUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; PATIENT TREATMENT; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

COLLAGEN FORMATION; GOLD STANDARDS; HIGH-ENERGY PULSED; INFRARED LIGHT; MECHANISM OF ACTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POST TREATMENT; THERMAL DAMAGE;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 80052054629     PISSN: 14215721     EISSN: 16622944     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000328243     Document Type: Review

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