Ruby laser-assisted hair removal: an ultrastructural evaluation of cutaneous damage

December 1999 in “ British Journal of Plastic Surgery ”

Se Hwang Liew, R. Cerio, Padmini Sarathchandra, Adriaan O. Grobbelaar, David Gault, Roy Sanders, C. Green, Claire Linge

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research Hair Growth Cycle Affects Hair Follicle Destruction by Ruby Laser Pulses

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