Laser hair reduction in the hirsute patient: A critical assessment

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 169-181

  Sanchez, Luis A ^a   Perez, Marilda ^a   Azziz, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Hirsutism; Laser hair reduction; Lasers; Unwanted hair removal

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; FINASTERIDE; FLUTAMIDE; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; KETOCONAZOLE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ALOPECIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HEAT; HIRSUTISM; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED DYE LASER; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE INJURY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; LASERS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036239257     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/8.2.169     Document Type: Review

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