Hair removal using an 800-nm diode laser: Comparison at different treatment intervals of 45, 60, and 90 days

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-53

  Bouzari, Navid ^a   Tabatabai, Hossein ^a   Abbasi, Zahra ^a   Firooz, Alireza ^a   Dowlati, Yahya ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; EROSION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLOW UP; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INJURY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BLISTER; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASERS; NECK; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444279109     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02423.x     Document Type: Article

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