Hair removal with long pulsed diode lasers: A comparison between two systems with different pulse structures

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 399-404

  Fiskerstrand Eli, E Janne ^a   Svaasand, Lars O ^b,c   Stuart Nelson, J ^c  

^a Center for Esthetic Laser Surgery   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair follicle destruction; Heat diffusion; Optical absorption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FACE; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038269279     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10175     Document Type: Article

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