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General hair removal - epilation

Known as: removing hair, Removal, Hair, DEPILATION 
Methods used to remove unwanted facial and body hair.
National Institutes of Health

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Electrolysis and other epilation of skinElectrolytic Depilation
Epilatordepilatorynursing therapystandards characteristics

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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A comparison study of the efficacy and side effects of different light sources in hair removal
Unwanted hairs are a common problem in which different light sources were developed as the treatment of choice. Alexandrite laser… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Contact cooling of the skin.
Skin precooling can be used to reduce epidermal thermal damage in laser procedures (such as hair removal) where the target… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Reduction of intrafollicular apoptosis in chemotherapy-induced alopecia by topical calcitriol-analogs.
Chemotherapy-induced alopecia is thought to result from cytotoxic and apoptosis-related damage to the hair follicle. This study… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Evaluation of the free-running ruby laser for hair removal. A retrospective study.
The free-running ruby laser has recently been introduced for removal of unwanted hair growth. It is assumed that the mode of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Accelerated disappearance of melanocytes in bcl-2-deficient mice.
Follicular melanocytes in bcl-2(-/-) mice have been reported to turn gray during the second hair cycle. Light microscopic… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
The effect of Captopril on benign and malignant reactions in irradiated rat skin.
The effect of the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor Captopril on the severity of radiation-induced epilation and moist… 
1984
1984
Histologic changes of human hair follicles after electrolysis: a comparison of two methods.
The histologic changes induced by thermolysis of hairs of the scalp and legs were studied by light microscopy. Two techniques… 
Review
1968
Review
1968
Follow-up study of patients treated by x-ray epilation for tinea capitis. I. Population characteristics, posttreatment illnesses, and mortality experience.
This study compares the illness experience of 2,043 tinea capitis patients during a 12-year period after x-ray epilation with… 
1960
1960
Postoperative (pressure) alopecia.
Acomia unaccompanied by atrophy or scarring may occur from known systemic or local factors, or the cause may be obscure. Several… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens; its successful treatment with x-ray epilation.
Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens is a chronic inflammatory disease of the scalp characterized by the presence of… 
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