A single-blinded randomised controlled study to determine the efficacy of Omnilux Revive facial treatment in skin rejuvenation

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-10

  Bhat, Jaideep ^a   Birch, Jan ^b   Whitehurst, Colin ^b   Lanigan, Sean W ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Photo Therapeutics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial skin rejuvenation; Omnilux Revive light emitting diode (LED) lamp

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ELASTICITY; ESTHETICS; FACE; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; DERMABRASION; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; ELASTICITY; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; REFERENCE VALUES; REJUVENATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844530927     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-005-0330-5     Document Type: Article

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