Single-pass CO2 laser skin resurfacing of light and dark skin: Extended experience with 52 patients

Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-42

  Alster, Tina S ^a   Hirsch, Ranella J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; XIPAMIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT DAMAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN COLOR; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; EYE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SCAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CICATRIX; ERYTHEMA; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85047689029     PISSN: 14764172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14764170310000835     Document Type: Article

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