Tattoo ink darkening of a yellow tattoo after Q-switched laser treatment

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 461-463

  Varma, S ^a,b   Swanson, N A ^a   Lee, K K ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COSMETIC; INK; NEODYMIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DARKNESS; EXCISION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SCAR; TATTOO; TATTOOING;

COLOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INK; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; TATTOOING;

EID: 0036413429     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2002.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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