Skin-tightening effect of fractional lasers: Comparison of non-ablative and ablative fractional lasers in animal models

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1305-1311

  Park, Seung Ha ^a   Kim, Deok Woo ^a   Jeong, Taewon ^a  

^a Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ablative fractional laser; Collagen production; Non ablative fractional laser; Skin tightening

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL LASER; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NON ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL LASER; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; TATTOOING; TREATMENT DURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EPIDERMIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER THERAPY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN AGING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84866369439     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.04.028     Document Type: Article

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