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Device-assisted Transepidermal Delivery of Cosmeceuticals: A New Way to Enhance Aesthetic Procedures?

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Sadick, N.S. Device-assisted Transepidermal Delivery of Cosmeceuticals: A New Way to Enhance Aesthetic Procedures?. Aesth Plast Surg 37, 973–974 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-013-0183-4

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