The Important Factors Associated with Treatment Response in Laser Treatment of Facial Scars: A Single-Institution Based Retrospective Study
BACKGROUND: There is increased interest in laser treatment of facial scars. OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors associated with treatment response. METHODS: We conducted an institution-based retrospective study by including the patients treated with laser for facial scars from 2012 to 2015. Treatmen...
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author | Lim, Youngkyoung Park, Ji-Hye Lee, Dong-Youn Hwang, Na-Young Ahn, Soohyun Lee, Jong Hee |
author_facet | Lim, Youngkyoung Park, Ji-Hye Lee, Dong-Youn Hwang, Na-Young Ahn, Soohyun Lee, Jong Hee |
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description | BACKGROUND: There is increased interest in laser treatment of facial scars. OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors associated with treatment response. METHODS: We conducted an institution-based retrospective study by including the patients treated with laser for facial scars from 2012 to 2015. Treatment methods were determined with an algorithm according to individual scar characteristics. In each treatment session, either a 595-nm pulsed-dye laser or a non-ablative fractional laser was used, often in combination with a corticosteroid injection. We evaluated treatment responses based on the number of treatment sessions required to reach the treatment endpoint. Data were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression analysis to examine the association between treatment response and various factors of the scar. RESULTS: A total of eighty-four scars were analyzed. The onset of treatment (defined as the period between the injury and treatment initiation), used laser modality, and the location of the scar were all found to be significantly associated with treatment responses. Early implementation was more likely to provide better treatment response. Scars on the perioral area were more likely to be associated with worse treatment response. CONCLUSION: The important factors for the treatment response in facial scars were the location of the scar and the timing of the initiation of treatment. Such information can be used to predict treatment response and tailor the treatment plan to the patient, depending on scar characteristics. |
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spelling | pubmed-79926982021-04-27 The Important Factors Associated with Treatment Response in Laser Treatment of Facial Scars: A Single-Institution Based Retrospective Study Lim, Youngkyoung Park, Ji-Hye Lee, Dong-Youn Hwang, Na-Young Ahn, Soohyun Lee, Jong Hee Ann Dermatol Original Article BACKGROUND: There is increased interest in laser treatment of facial scars. OBJECTIVE: To determine the factors associated with treatment response. METHODS: We conducted an institution-based retrospective study by including the patients treated with laser for facial scars from 2012 to 2015. Treatment methods were determined with an algorithm according to individual scar characteristics. In each treatment session, either a 595-nm pulsed-dye laser or a non-ablative fractional laser was used, often in combination with a corticosteroid injection. We evaluated treatment responses based on the number of treatment sessions required to reach the treatment endpoint. Data were analyzed using multinomial logistic regression analysis to examine the association between treatment response and various factors of the scar. RESULTS: A total of eighty-four scars were analyzed. The onset of treatment (defined as the period between the injury and treatment initiation), used laser modality, and the location of the scar were all found to be significantly associated with treatment responses. Early implementation was more likely to provide better treatment response. Scars on the perioral area were more likely to be associated with worse treatment response. CONCLUSION: The important factors for the treatment response in facial scars were the location of the scar and the timing of the initiation of treatment. Such information can be used to predict treatment response and tailor the treatment plan to the patient, depending on scar characteristics. The Korean Dermatological Association; The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology 2019-02 2019-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7992698/ /pubmed/33911533 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2019.31.1.6 Text en Copyright © 2019 The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Lim, Youngkyoung Park, Ji-Hye Lee, Dong-Youn Hwang, Na-Young Ahn, Soohyun Lee, Jong Hee The Important Factors Associated with Treatment Response in Laser Treatment of Facial Scars: A Single-Institution Based Retrospective Study |
title | The Important Factors Associated with Treatment Response in Laser Treatment of Facial Scars: A Single-Institution Based Retrospective Study |
title_full | The Important Factors Associated with Treatment Response in Laser Treatment of Facial Scars: A Single-Institution Based Retrospective Study |
title_fullStr | The Important Factors Associated with Treatment Response in Laser Treatment of Facial Scars: A Single-Institution Based Retrospective Study |
title_full_unstemmed | The Important Factors Associated with Treatment Response in Laser Treatment of Facial Scars: A Single-Institution Based Retrospective Study |
title_short | The Important Factors Associated with Treatment Response in Laser Treatment of Facial Scars: A Single-Institution Based Retrospective Study |
title_sort | important factors associated with treatment response in laser treatment of facial scars: a single-institution based retrospective study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7992698/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33911533 http://dx.doi.org/10.5021/ad.2019.31.1.6 |
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