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Published in final edited form as: J Cosmet Dermatol. 2012 Jun;11(2):122–130. doi: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2012.00606.x

(A) Dermal elastin in response to Er:YAG laser mini-peels. Tissues were immunostained for total elastin (1^st row) and Verhoeff-van Gieson stain (2^nd row), showing a decrease in elastic fibers content. Immunofluorescence staining for tropoelastin (3^rd row) shows increased deposition of newly synthesized tropoelastin in dermis (red), the sections were counterstained blue for nuclei with DAPI (Immunohistochemical and Verhoeff-van Gieson; X 200); (B) Percent of dermis occupied by elastin and tropoelastin showing significant changes after treatment. The values are mean ± SD (*, p ≤ 0.05).

(A) Dermal elastin in response to Er:YAG laser mini-peels. Tissues were immunostained for total elastin (1^st row) and Verhoeff-van Gieson stain (2^nd row), showing a decrease in elastic fibers content. Immunofluorescence staining for tropoelastin (3^rd row) shows increased deposition of newly synthesized tropoelastin in dermis (red), the sections were counterstained blue for nuclei with DAPI (Immunohistochemical and Verhoeff-van Gieson; X 200); (B) Percent of dermis occupied by elastin and tropoelastin showing significant changes after treatment. The values are mean ± SD (*, p ≤ 0.05).