Hair removal using topical suspension-assisted Q-switched Nd:YAG and long-pulsed alexandrite lasers: A comparative study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 844-850

  Rogers, Cindy J ^a   Glaser, Dee Anna ^b   Siegfried, Elaine C ^b   Walsh, Pam M ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEODYMIUM LASER; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EDEMA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; BERYLLIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032692923     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.99039.x     Document Type: Article

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