Fractional laser resurfacing for acne scars: A review

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1160-1169

  Ong, M W S ^a   Bashir, S J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN PLUS LIDOCAINE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; PARACETAMOL; PRILOCAINE; SUNSCREEN; VALACICLOVIR;

ACNE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS LASER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SAFETY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PAIN; SKIN SCAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CICATRIX; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861642157     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10870.x     Document Type: Review

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