Successful and safe treatment of hypertrichosis by high-intensity pulses of noncoherent light in a patient with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria.
Hypertrichosis is a common feature in cutaneous porphyrias, characterized by high accumulation of photoreactive porphyrins. Photothermolysis induced by noncoherent light (755-1200 nm) and energy fluence of 42 J/cm(2) was applied to a patient with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria. Hypertrichosis was almost completely removed after seven sessions without development of skin lesions.
García-Bravo
María
M
Centro de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
López-Gómez
Sara
S
Segurado-Rodríguez
María-Agustina
MA
Morán-Jiménez
María-José
MJ
Méndez
Manuel
M
de Salamanca
Rafael Enríquez
RE
Fontanellas
Antonio
A
D000293:Adolescent; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D006983:Hypertrichosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008027:Light; D008297:Male; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017121:Porphyria, Hepatoerythropoietic / Q000150:complications*