Split-face study using a 1,927-nm thulium fiber fractional laser to treat photoaging and melasma in Asian skin

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 879-888

  Lee, Hyung Min ^a   Haw, Sik ^b   Kim, Jae Kyung ^a   Chang, Sung Eun ^a   Lee, Mi Woo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MELANIN; THULIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; SKIN BIOPSY; THULIUM FIBER FRACTIONAL LASER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN AGING; THULIUM;

EID: 84878749354     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsu.12176     Document Type: Article

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