Removal of unwanted facial hair

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1907-1911+1913

  Shenenberger, Donald W ^b   Utecht, Lynn M ^a  

^a Naval Hospital   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; EFLORNITHINE; MELANIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ACNE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; DERMATITIS; EDEMA; ELECTROLYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; FOLLICULITIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BURNING SENSATION;

DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EFLORNITHINE; ELECTROLYSIS; FACE; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE;

EID: 0037113481     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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