Comparison of a fractional bipolar radiofrequency device and a fractional erbium-doped glass 1,550-nm device for the treatment of atrophic acne scars: A randomized split-face clinical study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-21

  Rongsaard, Nopnarueporn ^a   Rummaneethorn, Paisal ^a  

^a MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY SKIN; ERBIUM DOPED GLASS DEVICE; FACE ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLID STATE LASER; YOUNG ADULT;

ERBIUM;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ATROPHY; CICATRIX; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ERBIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897019349     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsu.12372     Document Type: Article

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