Intense pulsed light (IPL): A review

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-104

  Babilas, Philipp ^a   Schreml, Stephan ^a   Szeimies, Rolf Markus ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incoherent light; IPL; Laser; Light source; Skin

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; BLISTER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIODE LASER; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LIGHT DAMAGE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEST; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TAN SPOT; TATTOO; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR LESION;

ACNE VULGARIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; REJUVENATION; SKIN AGING; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249167193     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20877     Document Type: Review

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