Dose-Response of Human Follicles During Laser-Based Hair Removal: Ex Vivo Photoepilation Model with Classification System Embracing Morphological and Histological Features

    March 2019 in “ Lasers in surgery and medicine ”
    Marijke A. A. van Vlimmeren, Bianca Raafs, Gillian Westgate … N. Uzunbajakava
    Studysummary This study found that human hair follicles demonstrated a dose-dependent response to light in an ex vivo photoepilation model, which could predict the clinical efficacy and permanency of light-based hair removal devices.
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