Effect of wax epilation before hair removal with a long-pulsed Alexandrite laser: A pilot study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-123

  Lehrer, Michael S ^a   Crawford, Glen H ^a   Gelfand, Joel M ^a   Leyden, James J ^a   Vittorio, Carmela C ^a   Alam, Murad ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 2 Maloney Building ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037318366     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29033.x     Document Type: Article

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