Unipolar versus bipolar radiofrequency treatment of rhytides and laxity using a mobile painless delivery method

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 446-453

  Alexiades Armenakas, Macrene ^a,b   Dover, Jeffrey S ^a,b,c   Arndt, Kenneth A ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth Medical School ^*  (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous pain sensation; Lasers; Laxity; Photoaging; Radiofrequency; Rejuvenation; Resurfacing; Rhytides; Skin tightening; Wrinkles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY HANDPIECE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FACE DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MOBILE PAINLESS ENERGY DELIVERY METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REJUVENATION; RHYTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LAXITY; SKIN PENETRATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY HANDPIECE; WRINKLE;

EID: 51849137736     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20667     Document Type: Article

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