The Use of Lasers in Darker Skin Types

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-140

  Battle Jr , Eliot F ^a,b   Soden Jr , Cylburn E ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cultura Cosmetic Dermatology and Laser Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; SUNSCREEN;

CHLOASMA; CRYOTHERAPY; DIODE LASER; ELECTROSURGERY; HAIR; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LENTIGO; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; TATTOOING;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 67650073259     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2009.04.003     Document Type: Review

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