Which type of atrophic acne scar (ice-pick, boxcar, or rolling) responds to nonablative fractional laser therapy?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 288-300

  Sardana, Kabir ^a   Manjhi, Mukesh ^a   Garg, Vijay K ^a   Sagar, Vivek ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMCICLOVIR; ISOTRETINOIN;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOXCAR SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; ELASTOLYSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL LASER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ICE PICK SCAR; INTERVENTION STUDY; KELOID; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLLING SCAR; SCAR; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; CICATRIX; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899464030     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsu.12428     Document Type: Article

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