Unwanted facial hair removal with laser treatment improves quality of life of patients.
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.
Maziar
Ali
A
Army University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Farsi
Nader
N
Mandegarfard
Manijeh
M
Babakoohi
Shahab
S
Gorouhi
Farzam
F
Dowlati
Yahya
Y
Firooz
Alireza
A
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