Clinical effectiveness of a novel intense pulsed light source on facial pigmentary lesions.
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.
Konishi
Natsuko
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Department of Dermatology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Ohno-Higashi 377-2, Osaka-Sayama city, Osaka 589-8511, Japan.
Kawada
Akira
A
Kawara
Shigeru
S
Oiso
Naoki
N
Endo
Hideki
H
Yoshinaga
Eiji
E
Momma
Tomoyuki
T
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*