Plasma application in aesthetic medicine: Clinical and physical aspects

Mohsen Pourazizi, Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini

Abstract


A basic understanding of plasma physics and histopathological aspects of plasma is required to understand the impact of plasma technology on aesthetic medicine. 


Keywords


Plasma technology; plasma skin regeneration, aesthetic, rejuvenation

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18282/jsd.v2.it1.140

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