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CASE REPORT

Savior of post-blepharoepicanthoplasty scarring: Novel use of a low-fluence 1064-nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

Pages 69-71 | Received 20 Feb 2015, Accepted 08 Jun 2015, Published online: 28 Jan 2016

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