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Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser and Intense Pulse Light-755 nm for Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Comparative Study

BACKGROUND: Hirsutism means excessive terminal hair growth in a female in male pattern distribution. Perception of hirsutism is subjective. Permanent laser hair reduction is a slow process taking many sessions and tracking of improvement parameters is tedious. Hence, a lot of confusion still exists...

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Autores principales: Shrimal, Arpit, Sardar, Souvik, Roychoudhury, Soumyajit, Sarkar, Somenath
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28529420
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.204582
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author Shrimal, Arpit
Sardar, Souvik
Roychoudhury, Soumyajit
Sarkar, Somenath
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Sardar, Souvik
Roychoudhury, Soumyajit
Sarkar, Somenath
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description BACKGROUND: Hirsutism means excessive terminal hair growth in a female in male pattern distribution. Perception of hirsutism is subjective. Permanent laser hair reduction is a slow process taking many sessions and tracking of improvement parameters is tedious. Hence, a lot of confusion still exists regarding the type of laser most beneficial for treatment. AIM: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety profile of long-pulsed Nd: YAG laser (1064 nm) and intense pulse light (IPL)-755 nm in management of idiopathic facial hirsutism. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Open-labelled, randomly allocated experimental study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study included 33 cases of idiopathic facial hirsutism. Patients were randomly divided into Group A, treated with long-pulsed Nd: YAG laser and Group B, treated with IPL-755 for a total of six sessions at 1 month interval. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Chi-square test was used in Medcalc(®) version 9.0 and the test of significance was taken to be P < 0.05. RESULTS: Average percentage of improvement in Group A, according to patients at each sessions were 46.33%, 70.66%, 81.66%, 84.67%, 85.33%, 87.33% and that in Group B were 28.06%, 39.72%, 52.22%, 64.72%, 67.78%, 71.11%, respectively. Excellent response (>75% reduction in hair) after six sessions in Group A was seen in fourteen (93.33%) out of fifteen patients, whereas in Group B, it was seen only in three (16.66%) out of eighteen patients. In Group A, erythema was seen in 26.67%, perifollicular edema and hyperpigmentation in 13.33% each. In Group B, erythema was seen in 50% patients, perifollicular edema in 16.67% and hyperpigmentation in 38.89% patients. CONCLUSIONS: Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser (1064 nm) is better than IPL-755 nm in terms of safety and effectiveness in the management of idiopathic facial hirsutism.
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spelling pubmed-54189812017-05-19 Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser and Intense Pulse Light-755 nm for Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Comparative Study Shrimal, Arpit Sardar, Souvik Roychoudhury, Soumyajit Sarkar, Somenath J Cutan Aesthet Surg Original Article BACKGROUND: Hirsutism means excessive terminal hair growth in a female in male pattern distribution. Perception of hirsutism is subjective. Permanent laser hair reduction is a slow process taking many sessions and tracking of improvement parameters is tedious. Hence, a lot of confusion still exists regarding the type of laser most beneficial for treatment. AIM: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness and safety profile of long-pulsed Nd: YAG laser (1064 nm) and intense pulse light (IPL)-755 nm in management of idiopathic facial hirsutism. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Open-labelled, randomly allocated experimental study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The study included 33 cases of idiopathic facial hirsutism. Patients were randomly divided into Group A, treated with long-pulsed Nd: YAG laser and Group B, treated with IPL-755 for a total of six sessions at 1 month interval. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Chi-square test was used in Medcalc(®) version 9.0 and the test of significance was taken to be P < 0.05. RESULTS: Average percentage of improvement in Group A, according to patients at each sessions were 46.33%, 70.66%, 81.66%, 84.67%, 85.33%, 87.33% and that in Group B were 28.06%, 39.72%, 52.22%, 64.72%, 67.78%, 71.11%, respectively. Excellent response (>75% reduction in hair) after six sessions in Group A was seen in fourteen (93.33%) out of fifteen patients, whereas in Group B, it was seen only in three (16.66%) out of eighteen patients. In Group A, erythema was seen in 26.67%, perifollicular edema and hyperpigmentation in 13.33% each. In Group B, erythema was seen in 50% patients, perifollicular edema in 16.67% and hyperpigmentation in 38.89% patients. CONCLUSIONS: Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser (1064 nm) is better than IPL-755 nm in terms of safety and effectiveness in the management of idiopathic facial hirsutism. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5418981/ /pubmed/28529420 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.204582 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Shrimal, Arpit
Sardar, Souvik
Roychoudhury, Soumyajit
Sarkar, Somenath
Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser and Intense Pulse Light-755 nm for Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Comparative Study
title Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser and Intense Pulse Light-755 nm for Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Comparative Study
title_full Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser and Intense Pulse Light-755 nm for Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Comparative Study
title_fullStr Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser and Intense Pulse Light-755 nm for Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Comparative Study
title_full_unstemmed Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser and Intense Pulse Light-755 nm for Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Comparative Study
title_short Long-pulsed Nd: YAG Laser and Intense Pulse Light-755 nm for Idiopathic Facial Hirsutism: A Comparative Study
title_sort long-pulsed nd: yag laser and intense pulse light-755 nm for idiopathic facial hirsutism: a comparative study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28529420
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2077.204582
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