title: Long-term remission of folliculitis decalvans after treatment with the long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser.
abstract: Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a rare inflammatory scalp disorder presenting with tufted folliculitis, follicular papules and pustules, progressing to cicatricial alopecia. Current treatments mainly consist of antibiotic and immunomodulatory therapies and are often disappointing. FD has previously shown to respond to treatment with neodymium:yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) laser in one case. We present a case of recalcitrant FD, successfully treated with a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser.
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders (SNIP), Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Arne A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Meesters
authors.forename: J P Wietze
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Van der Veen
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wolkerstorfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp