A possible chemical burn to the scalp following hair highlights

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 530-531

  Goon, P ^a,b   Misra, A ^a  

^a GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRITANT AGENT; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL BURN; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; PAIN; SCALP HAIR; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN ULCER;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; BURNS, CHEMICAL; FEMALE; HAIR DYES; HUMANS; SCALP; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 19444384340     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.11.020     Document Type: Article

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