Treatment of leg and face veins with a cryogen spray variable pulse width 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser - A prospective study of 47 patients

Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 147-153

  Eremia, Sorin ^a   Li, Cindy Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Brockton Cosmetic Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective treatment; Facial telangiectasia; Laser face leg veins; Nd:YAG laser; Periorbital vein; Reticular vein

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LEG VEIN; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN DISEASE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FACE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TELANGIECTASIS; VEINS;

EID: 0035469849     PISSN: 14764172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/147641701753414960     Document Type: Article

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