A prospective, split face, single-blinded study looking at the use of an infrared device with contact cooling in the treatment of skin laxity in Asians

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-152

  Chan, Henry H ^a,b,d   Yu, C S ^a   Shek, S ^a   Yeung, C K ^a   Kono, T ^c   Wei, W I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Dermatology and Laser Center   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asians; Infrared; Skin tightening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LAXITY; SPLIT FACE DESIGN; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN AGING;

EID: 40449142214     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20586     Document Type: Article

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