Fractional versus ablative erbium:yttrium-Aluminum-garnet laser resurfacing for facial rejuvenation: An objective evaluation

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-112

  El Domyati, Moetaz ^a   Abd El Raheem, Talal ^b   Abdel Wahab, Hossam ^a   Medhat, Walid ^a   Hosam, Wael ^a   El Fakahany, Hasan ^a   Al Anwer, Mustafa ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

collagen; elastin; epidermal thickness; erbium:yttrium Aluminum garnet; fractional; skin aging

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; ELASTIN; TROPOELASTIN;

ABLATION LASER RESURFACING; ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELASTIC TISSUE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL REJUVENATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL LASER RESURFACING; HISTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; COLLAGEN TYPE VII; DERMATOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELASTIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REJUVENATION; SKIN; TROPOELASTIN;

EID: 84870933700     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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