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Like with peels – there is nothing like a laser. There ablative lasers and non ablative lasers – all of them requiring special attention. The chapter covers most of them and has a special focus on the newest technology: the fractional technology
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de Maio, M. (2009). Lasers. In: The Male Patient in Aesthetic Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79046-4_7
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