Treatment of striae distensae using needling therapy: A pilot study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1823-1828

  Park, Kui Young ^a   Kim, Hyun Kyu ^a   Kim, Sung Eun ^a   Kim, Beom Joon ^a,b   Kim, Myeung Nam ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; DISK MICRONEEDLE THERAPY; ELASTIC FIBER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; STRIA;

ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLES; SKIN; STRIAE DISTENSAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868200751     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2012.02552.x     Document Type: Article

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