Within-patient right-left blinded comparison of diode (810 nm) laser therapy and intense pulsed light therapy for hair removal

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-397

  Cameron, H ^a   Ibbotson, S H ^a   Dawe, R S ^a   Ferguson, J ^a   Moseley, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hair removal; Intense pulsed light; Laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; LASERS; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MIDDLE AGED; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 52949119933     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-007-0510-6     Document Type: Article

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