Concurrent of a handheld cold air device minimizes patient discomfort during fractional photothermolysis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 9 II, 2005, Pages 1242-1244

  Fisher, Galen H ^a,b   Kim, Karen H ^a   Bernstein, Leonard J ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a,b  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING; DEVICE; HANDHELD FORCED COLD AIR DEVICE; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COLD; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; MELANOSIS; METHODOLOGY; REJUVENATION; SCAR; TELANGIECTASIA;

ANALGESIA; CICATRIX; COLD; HUMANS; LASERS; MELANOSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REJUVENATION; SKIN AGING; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 27744563118     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31933     Document Type: Article

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