title: Unwanted facial hair removal with laser treatment improves quality of life of patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Unwanted facial hair can have adverse psychological effects on women and reduce their quality of life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effects of unwanted facial hair removal with laser on improving quality of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, 70 patients treated for unwanted facial hair by laser were assessed by Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) questionnaire on admission and 3 months later after three sessions of laser treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The DLQI score before treatment was 9.42 +/- 5.99, which was reduced to 3.12 +/- 3.40 after laser treatment (p <0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Unwanted facial hair removal with laser can improve the quality of life of patients.
authors.affiliation: Army University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maziar
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farsi
authors.forename: Manijeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandegarfard
authors.forename: Shahab
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Babakoohi
authors.forename: Farzam
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gorouhi
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dowlati
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Firooz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006204:Hair Removal / Q000379:methods*; D006628:Hirsutism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult