Preliminary study of fine changes in the duration of dynamic cooling during 755-nm laser hair removal on pain and epidermal damage in patients with skin types III-V

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-251

  Nahm, Walter K ^a   Tsoukas, Maria M ^a   Falanga, Vincent ^a   Carson, Polly A ^a   Sami, Naveed ^a   Touma, Dany J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogen; Epidermal protection; Hyperpigmentation; Pain; Spot size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXANDRITE LASER; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOSURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

COLD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PAIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 0036400160     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10104     Document Type: Article

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