Abstract | BACKGROUND: There is no gold standard for the treatment of benign melanocytic nevi for cosmetic purposes. OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Fifty-eight AMN and 7 small CMN in 24 Korean patients were treated with Er:YAG laser followed by long-pulsed alexandrite laser at 1-month intervals. RESULTS: At 8 weeks after the final treatment, all treated nevi showed complete removal of pigmentation, and the mean overall improvement score assessed by physicians, with a quartile grading scale, was 3.6 ± 0.7. The mean number of treatment sessions required to treat CMN (1.5 ± 0.3) was significantly greater than that for junctional (1.1 ± 0.2) or compound (1.2 ± 0.5) AMN. Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (4.6%), erythema (9.2%), hypertrophic scars (1.5%), and mild atrophic scars (10.8%) were observed, but all resolved within 6 months, except for hypertrophic scars and 1 atrophic scar. Recurrence of pigmentation was observed in 1 CMN (1.5%) during 6 months of follow-up. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Sang Eun Lee, Ji Young Choi, Kyung Tai Hong, Kyung Real Lee |
Journal | Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.]
(Dermatol Surg)
Vol. 41
Issue 4
Pg. 473-80
(Apr 2015)
ISSN: 1524-4725 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 25760556
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Dermoscopy
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Laser Therapy
(methods)
- Lasers, Solid-State
(therapeutic use)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Nevus, Pigmented
(congenital, pathology, surgery)
- Prospective Studies
- Republic of Korea
- Skin Neoplasms
(congenital, pathology, surgery)
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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