title: Clinical effectiveness of a novel intense pulsed light source on facial pigmentary lesions.
abstract: Intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy improves various clinical symptoms of photoaging skin. In this study we have investigated clinical effects of a novel IPL, Lumenis One (LUMENIS, Tokyo) on facial pigmentary lesions in 18 Japanese female patients. Measurement was performed after 3-5 treatments. IPL showed marked and slight improvements in 28 and 39%, respectively. The data of melanin index demonstrated the improvement after IPL therapy. These results indicated that IPL therapy using Lumenis One may be useful to treat solar lentigines and ephelides on the face.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Ohno-Higashi 377-2, Osaka-Sayama city, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.
authors.forename: Natsuko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawara
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oiso
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Momma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007911:Lentigo / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000379:methods*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000628:therapy*