title: Successful and safe treatment of hypertrichosis by high-intensity pulses of noncoherent light in a patient with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Bravo
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López-Gómez
authors.forename: María-Agustina
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Segurado-Rodríguez
authors.forename: María-José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Morán-Jiménez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Méndez
authors.forename: Rafael Enríquez
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: de Salamanca
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fontanellas
mesh_terms: 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*