Single-treatment skin tightening by radiofrequency and long-pulsed, 1064-nm Nd: YAG laser compared

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Key, Douglas J ^a  

^a Key Laser Institute for Aesthetic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial lifting; Laxity; Non invasive; RF device; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FACE; HUMAN; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RATING SCALE; TECHNOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; RADIOSURGERY; SKIN; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YTTRIUM;

EID: 33947104484     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20414     Document Type: Article

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