Comparison of two Q-switched lasers and a short-pulse erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser for treatment of cosmetic tattoos containing titanium and iron in an animal model

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1656-1663

  Wang, Chia Chen ^a,b   Huang, Chuen Lin ^a,c   Yang, An Hang ^d,e   Chen, Chih Kang ^a,b   Lee, Shao Chen ^b   Leu, Fur Jiang ^a,b  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; IRON; NEODYMIUM; TITANIUM; COLORING AGENT; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; MOUSE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SCAR; TATTOO; ANIMAL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SKIN; SOLID STATE LASER; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TATTOOING;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; TATTOOING; TITANIUM;

EID: 78149232260     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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