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Complications of Dermabrasion Resulting from Excessively Cold Skin Refrigeration

HANKE, WILLIAM C. M.D.¹; ROENIGK, HENRY H. JR. M.D.²; PINKSI, J. B. M.D.²

¹ C. William Hanke, M.D., is Associate Professor, Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.

² Henry H. Roenigk, Jr., M.D., Professor and Chairman, and J. B. Pinski, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, are from the Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois.

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The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology 11(9):p 896-900, September 1985. | DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1985.tb03560.x

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Abstract

Three patients developed complications following dermabrasion with a new potent skin refrigerant mixture. Freezing can usually be performed more rapidly with such mixtures, but the risk of complications may be greater.