title: Postsclerotherapy hyperpigmentation. Treatment with a flashlamp-excited pulsed dye laser.
abstract: Seventeen patients with 22 areas of postsclerotherapy hyperpigmentation lasting from 1 to 7 years were treated with a flashlamp-excited pulsed dye laser at 510 nm with a pulse duration of 300 nanoseconds between 2 to 3 J/cm2. Depth of hemosiderin pigmentation ranged from 0.2 to 2.8 mm. Forty-five percent of lesions lightened after treatment with significant lightening occurring in 27% of lesions. Four lesions in two patients developed postinflammatory hyperpigmentation after treatment. There was no significant difference in treatment response to pigment location or laser energy.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Associates of San Diego County, Inc., Encinitas, CA 92024.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*