Fractional carbon dioxide laser resurfacing of rhytides and photoageing: A prospective study using profilometric analysis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 858-865

  Kohl, E ^a   Meierhofer J ^a   Koller, M ^a   Zeman, F ^a   Klein, A ^a   Hohenleutner, U ^a   Landthaler, M ^a   Hohenleutner, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ERYTHEMA; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SWELLING; WRINKLE; AGED; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GAS LASER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929938613     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12807     Document Type: Article

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