title: Long-term follow-up in treatment of solar lentigo and café-au-lait macules with Q-switched ruby laser.
abstract: A Q-switched ruby laser was used for treatment of 10 patients with solar lentigo and 12 patients with café-au-lait macules. In this study, the lesions were treated with the laser at a rate of 6 J/cm2. The patients were observed for 10-21 months with an average of 13.8 months after the final session. Solar lentigos were treated once or twice, and the response rate was 70%. Café-au-lait macules were treated one to six times, and the response rate was 33%. Side effects, such as hyperpigmentation and scar formation, were rarely seen. Therefore, Q-switched ruby laser treatment is an effective treatment for epidermal pigmented lesions; however, in patients with café-au-lait macules, the responses to the treatment varied, and a repigmentation was seen in 50% of these patients. Thus, long-term follow-up is required for patients with café-au-lait macules.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimbashi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kamide
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019080:Cafe-au-Lait Spots / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007911:Lentigo / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors