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Laser- and light-based hair removal: an update

David J Goldberg Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of New York and New Jersey, 115 East 57 Street, Suite 710, New York, NY 10022, USA. [email protected]
Pages 253-260 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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