Blond hair removal using ELOS systems

Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-86

  Schroeter, Careen ^a   Sharma, Sapna ^a   Mbonu, Ngozi ^a   Reineke, Thorsten ^b   Neumann, Herman ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blond; ELOS; Hair removal; Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTRO OPTICAL SYNERGY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 33745153070     PISSN: 14764172     EISSN: 14764180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14764170600660946     Document Type: Article

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