| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 95 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Understanding health and sickness series |
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Understanding health and sickness series.
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| Contents |
What are lasers and how do they work? -- The skin -- Facial aging: more than skin deep -- Lasers used to improve the skin's appearance -- What is it like to be treated with a nonsurgical laser? -- What is it like to be treated with a surgical laser? -- Complementary procedures to cosmetic laser surgery -- Getting good results |
| Summary |
CONSUMER HEALTH-- & . Sunlight and gravity cause facial aging. Lasers enable safe and predictable resurfacing to smooth facial wrinkles as well as surgery to remove aging tissue from eyelids while minimizing bruising. Lasers can also eliminate excess blood vessels and unwanted hair, and erase tattoos without scarring. Laser surgery must be performed with great precision and care. Ideally, it should provide satisfactory improvement of one's appearance and do so with no adverse side effects. It is a complement to such non-laser surgeries as face-lift. Understanding Cosmetic Laser Surgery spells ou |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Surgery, Plastic.
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Lasers in surgery.
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Laser Therapy
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MEDICAL -- Surgery -- Plastic & Cosmetic.
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Lasers in surgery
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Surgery, Plastic
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
142373212X |
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9781423732129 |
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9781604730470 |
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1604730471 |
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1578065860 |
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9781578065868 |
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1578065879 |
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9781578065875 |
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