Hair removal using a long-pulsed alexandrite laser

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 387-399

  Ash, K ^a   Lord, J ^a   Newman, J ^a   McDaniel, D H ^a  

^a Laser Skin & Vein Center of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ALEXANDRITE LASER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LASER; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 0032941929     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(05)70095-4     Document Type: Article

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