Successful treatment of treatment-resistant laser-induced pigment darkening of a cosmetic tattoo

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 358-361

  Fitzpatrick, Richard E ^a   Lupton, Jason R ^b  

^a San Diego Cancer Research Institute   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron oxide pigments; Permanent pigment darkening; Q switched lasers

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SCAR FORMATION; TATTOO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHEMEXFOLIATION; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN; LASERS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; TATTOOING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033787271     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9101(2000)27:4<358::AID-LSM9>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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