Laser and photoepilation for unwanted hair growth

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Haedersdal, Merete ^a   Gotzsche P C ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM;

ALEXANDRITE LASER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIODE LASER; ELECTROLYSIS; EMBASE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; LASER; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN; PHOTOEPILATION; PIGMENT DISORDER; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SKIN REDNESS; SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548864998     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004684.pub2     Document Type: Review

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