Principles and Practice of Cutaneous Laser and Light Therapy

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-436

  Nelson, Andrew A ^a,b   Lask, Gary P ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b South End Dermatology and Skin Care   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser; Laser hair removal; Review; Selective photothermolysis; Skin resurfacing rejuvenation; Vascular lesions

Indexed keywords

ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL DEVICE; ALEXANDRITE LASER; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CHROMATOPHORE; DIODE LASER; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FRACTIONAL DEVICE; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; INFRARED DEVICE; LASER; LASER HAIR REMOVAL; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LYSIS; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONABLATIVE FRACTIONAL DEVICE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PSORIASIS; PULSED DYE LASER; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SCAR; TATTOO; TELANGIECTASIA; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; PHOTOTHERAPY; REJUVENATION; SKIN; SKIN AGING; TATTOOING; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 79961113246     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: 15580504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2011.02.007     Document Type: Review

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