Intense pulsed light: What works, what's new, what's next

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 290-300

  Ciocon, David H ^a   Boker, Andreas ^b   Goldberg, David J ^a,c,d  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair removal; Intense pulsed light; Photodynamic therapy; Photorejuvenation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT DISORDER; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SKIN DISEASE;

COLLAGEN; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; REJUVENATION; SKIN AGING; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR;

EID: 74549225127     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: 10988793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1243077     Document Type: Review

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