Using intense pulsed light for cosmetic purposes: Our experience

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1789-1795

  Fodor, Lucian ^a,b   Peled, Issac J ^a,b   Rissin, Yaron ^a,b   Ramon, Yitzchak ^a,b   Shoshani, Oren ^a,b   Eldor, Liron ^a,b   Gaiman, Anuska ^a,b   Ullmann, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a Technion University ^*

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLISTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOAGING; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCAR; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN EDEMA; TELANGIECTASIA; ARTICLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN AGING;

EID: 2442553809     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000117301.87544.6D     Document Type: Review

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