Ruby laser-assisted hair removal reduces the coarseness of regrowing hairs: Fallacy or fact?

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 380-384

  Liew, Se Hwang ^a   Ladhani, Kaetan ^a   Grobbelaar, Addie O ^a   Gault, David T ^a   Sanders, Roy ^a   Green, Colin J ^a   Linge, Claire ^a  

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hair removal; Ruby laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033165905     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.0145     Document Type: Article

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