Ann Dermatol.  2015 Jun;27(3):343-345. 10.5021/ad.2015.27.3.343.

Ablative Fractional Radiofrequency Combined with Sonophoresis Increases Skin Penetration of Indocyanine Green

• Lim HK
• Jeong KH
• Shin MK

• KMID: 2352515
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2015.27.3.343

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Indocyanine Green*
Skin*
Indocyanine Green

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Representative images showing skin surface fluorescence as a result of different treatments. (A) Without pretreatment, (B) pretreatment with fractional radiofrequency (RF)+sonophoresis at 50 W, (C) pretreatment with fractional RF+sonophoresis at 100 W.

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