Long-pulsed alexandrite laser-assisted hair removal at 5, 10, and 20 millisecond pulse durations

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 332-337

  Nanni, Christopher A ^a   Alster, Tina S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrite; Epilation; Hair; Laser; Long pulse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXANDRITE LASER; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033008686     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)24:5<332::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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