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Efficacy of a multimodal approach of laser therapy for earlobe keloids management in dark population

BACKGROUND: Patients with keloids are often younger than 30 years old and have darker skin. AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of CO(2) laser therapy in the management of earlobe and helix keloids in dark subjects. METHODS: A total of 21 dark patients (five men and 16 women) presented with the...

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Autores principales: Piccolo, Domenico, Crisman, Giuliana, Conforti, Claudio, Fusco, Irene, Bonan, Paolo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10591025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38009015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/srt.13502
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author Piccolo, Domenico
Crisman, Giuliana
Conforti, Claudio
Fusco, Irene
Bonan, Paolo
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Crisman, Giuliana
Conforti, Claudio
Fusco, Irene
Bonan, Paolo
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description BACKGROUND: Patients with keloids are often younger than 30 years old and have darker skin. AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of CO(2) laser therapy in the management of earlobe and helix keloids in dark subjects. METHODS: A total of 21 dark patients (five men and 16 women) presented with the earlobe and ear helix keloids, with a mean age of 30.5 (±6.7) years and with phototype between III–VI, were enrolled. In order to improve their earlobe and helix keloids, all patients underwent a single session of CO(2) laser therapy immediately followed by a pulsed Dye laser procedure. A single well‐experienced doctor performed all treatment sessions and the response to treatment. Patients were followed‐up for 6 months after termination of therapy. Clinical images were examined and collected: all patients were examined clinically and with Dermoscopy. RESULTS: The majority of the patients treated show complete remission of keloid lesions. Clinical photographs show a visible aesthetic improvement of several types of keloids in dark subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate that this combined laser therapeutic protocol appears to be effective and well tolerated for the management of earlobe and helix keloids in dark subjects, with no high recurrence rate and avoiding the adverse effects and lengthy recovery time.
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spelling pubmed-105910252023-10-24 Efficacy of a multimodal approach of laser therapy for earlobe keloids management in dark population Piccolo, Domenico Crisman, Giuliana Conforti, Claudio Fusco, Irene Bonan, Paolo Skin Res Technol Original Articles BACKGROUND: Patients with keloids are often younger than 30 years old and have darker skin. AIM: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of CO(2) laser therapy in the management of earlobe and helix keloids in dark subjects. METHODS: A total of 21 dark patients (five men and 16 women) presented with the earlobe and ear helix keloids, with a mean age of 30.5 (±6.7) years and with phototype between III–VI, were enrolled. In order to improve their earlobe and helix keloids, all patients underwent a single session of CO(2) laser therapy immediately followed by a pulsed Dye laser procedure. A single well‐experienced doctor performed all treatment sessions and the response to treatment. Patients were followed‐up for 6 months after termination of therapy. Clinical images were examined and collected: all patients were examined clinically and with Dermoscopy. RESULTS: The majority of the patients treated show complete remission of keloid lesions. Clinical photographs show a visible aesthetic improvement of several types of keloids in dark subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrate that this combined laser therapeutic protocol appears to be effective and well tolerated for the management of earlobe and helix keloids in dark subjects, with no high recurrence rate and avoiding the adverse effects and lengthy recovery time. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10591025/ /pubmed/38009015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/srt.13502 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Skin Research and Technology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Conforti, Claudio
Fusco, Irene
Bonan, Paolo
Efficacy of a multimodal approach of laser therapy for earlobe keloids management in dark population
title Efficacy of a multimodal approach of laser therapy for earlobe keloids management in dark population
title_full Efficacy of a multimodal approach of laser therapy for earlobe keloids management in dark population
title_fullStr Efficacy of a multimodal approach of laser therapy for earlobe keloids management in dark population
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title_short Efficacy of a multimodal approach of laser therapy for earlobe keloids management in dark population
title_sort efficacy of a multimodal approach of laser therapy for earlobe keloids management in dark population
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10591025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38009015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/srt.13502
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