Abstract | OBJECTIVE: DESIGN: This was a retrospective study of patients treated with a 585nm pulsed dye laser with fluences ranging from 3.5 to 7.5J/cm(2) ( purpura threshold fluences), a pulse duration of 450μsec, and a spot size of 5 or 10mm. SETTING: The Ronald 0. Perelman Department of Dermatology at New York University Medical Center. PARTICIPANTS: MEASUREMENTS: PARTICIPANTS subjectively evaluated the decrease in dysesthesia and the number of flushing episodes. The objective response to treatment was evaluated by a single physician using pre- and postoperative photographs. The severity of postoperative erythema was compared with baseline using an ordinal scale ranging from zero (resolution of erythema) to four (76-100% of baseline erythema). RESULTS: The mean number of treatments received by the subjects was seven. The mean fluence was 6.66J/cm(2). Subjectively, 100 percent of subjects reported a decrease in dysethesia and the number of flushing episodes. OBJECTIVEly, subjects demonstrated at least a 62.5-percent reduction in erythema. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Joshua P Fogelman, Mary L Stevenson, Robin Ashinoff, Nicholas A Soter |
Journal | The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology
(J Clin Aesthet Dermatol)
Vol. 8
Issue 8
Pg. 36-41
(Aug 2015)
ISSN: 1941-2789 [Print] United States |
PMID | 26345489
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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