Intense pulsed light for skin rejuvenation, hair removal, and vascular lesions: A patient satisfaction study and review of the literature

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 345-349

  Fodor, Lucian ^a,b   Carmi, Nurit ^c   Fodor, Adriana ^a   Ramon, Ytzhack ^a   Ullmann, Yehuda ^a,d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Emergency District Hospital   (Romania)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d Technion Israel Institute of Technology ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Hair removal; IPL; Rejuvenation; Satisfaction; Vascular lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SCAR; SEX; SKIN; VASCULAR LESION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; REJUVENATION; SKIN; SKIN AGING; VASCULAR DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949091784     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181856d6a     Document Type: Article

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