[Polychromatic pulsed lamp].
Intense pulsed lights have improved a lot these past few years and offer better efficiency as well as new treatment fields. They have become the first choice for numerous practitioners' offices. We are mainly describing in this article, new technical developments: electrical (square pulse, pulse repeatability...), optics (filters, spectrum, calibration, size and manoeuvrability of the hand-pieces...), cooling systems, new devices... We then document in our clinical practice the series of results and ever increasing studies, with more objective measures of the results (spectrophotometry...) and above all better level of proofs in many dermatological fields : hair removal and ostiofollicularis diseases, vascular, pigmented, rejuvenation, photodynamic photorejuvenation, carcinology, inflammatory and retentional acne, scars and striae...
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Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Privé Clairval, 317 boulevard du Redon, Marseille, France. doclepillouer@free.fr
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D006204:Hair Removal / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000528:radiation effects; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery