title: Successful treatment of pearly penile papules with carbon dioxide laser resurfacing after local anesthesia in an adolescent patient.
abstract: Pearly penile papules (PPP) can cause significant psychological morbidity. Herein we report the successful use of a macrofractionated carbon dioxide laser at full-field ablative density settings for the treatment of PPP in a 17-year-old boy using local anesthetic alone. Our experience leads us to believe that PPP can be successfully treated in the pediatric and adolescent populations using this novel and relatively noninvasive technique.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology, Rady Children's Hospital and University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Krakowski
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology, Rady Children's Hospital and University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feldstein
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Peter R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shumaker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D006801:Humans; D054020:Lasers, Gas; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000628:therapy*