Hair removal using intense pulsed light (epilight): Patient satisfaction, our experience, and literature review

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-14

  Fodor, Lucian ^a   Menachem, Meital ^a   Ramon, Ytzhack ^a   Shoshani, Oren ^a   Rissin, Yaron ^a   Eldor, Liron ^a   Egozi, Dana ^a   Peled, Isaac J ^a   Ullmann, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complications; Hair removal; Intense pulsed light; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; LASER; LIGHT; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOEPILATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 11144223210     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000141940.34379.78     Document Type: Review

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