Hair removal with the long-pulse alexandrite and long-pulse Nd:YAG lasers is safe and well tolerated in children

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 684-687

  Rajpar, S F ^a   Hague, J S ^a   Abdullah, A ^a   Lanigan, S W ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALEXANDRITE LASER; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LASER; MALE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NEODYMIUM LASER; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650849190     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.03081.x     Document Type: Article

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