Insights into shaving and its impact on skin

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 166, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 6-12

  Cowley, K ^a   Vanoosthuyze, K ^a  

^a Gillette Reading Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICES; FACE; GROOMING; HAIR; HAIR DISEASE; HUMAN; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAZOR; REVIEW; SHAVING; SKIN CARE; SKIN INJURY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SURFACE; TRAPPED HAIR;

DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE; GELS; HAIR; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LACERATIONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NECK; SKIN; SKIN CARE;

EID: 84857820810     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10783.x     Document Type: Review

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