Open AccessLaser-assisted hair removal for darkly pigmented skin
Author(s) -
Jacob Rispler
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
aesthetic surgery journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.528
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1527-330X
pISSN - 1090-820X
DOI - 10.1067/maj.2003.23
Subject(s) - medicine , hair follicle , laser , hair removal , melanin , dermatology , skin type , absorption (acoustics) , pulse duration , pulse (music) , optics , physics , biology , genetics , detector
Effective hair removal is now available even for the darkest-skinned patients, including Fitzpatrick skin type VI. With the long-pulse YAG laser, a deeply penetrating wavelength enables energy to reach the hair bulbs, adequate power and pulse duration heat and destroy the hair follicle, and low melanin absorption ensures less epidermal damage. (Aesthetic Surg J 2003;21:143-144.).
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