Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 60, Issue 5 , Pages 801-807 , May 2009

Comparison of a 585-nm pulsed dye laser and a 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser for the treatment of acne scars: A randomized split-face clinical study

  • Dong Hun Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Yu Sung Choi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Acne Research Laboratory, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Seong Uk Min, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Acne Research Laboratory, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Mi Young Yoon, BS

      Affiliations

    • Acne Research Laboratory, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Dae Hun Suh, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Acne Research Laboratory, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dae Hun Suh, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, Korea.

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 Dong Hun Lee, MD, and Yu Sung Choi, MD, contributed equally to this work as first authors.

 Funding sources: None.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

PII: S0190-9622(08)02454-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.11.883

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 60, Issue 5 , Pages 801-807 , May 2009

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