Histologic effects of ruby laser hair removal in Japanese patients

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 451-455

  Omi, Tokuya ^a   Honda, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuya ^a   Hata, Mieko ^a   Akimoto, Makio ^a   Asano, Goro ^a   Kawana, Seiji ^a  

^a Queen's Square Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

Hair removal; Histology; Ruby laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LASER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADULT; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033452037     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:5<451::AID-LSM13>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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