Long-term follow-up in treatment of solar lentigo and café-au-lait macules with Q-switched ruby laser.

Abstract

A Q-switched ruby laser was used for treatment of 10 patients with solar lentigo and 12 patients with café-au-lait macules. In this study, the lesions were treated with the laser at a rate of 6 J/cm2. The patients were observed for 10-21 months with an average of 13.8 months after the final session. Solar lentigos were treated once or twice, and the response rate was 70%. Café-au-lait macules were treated one to six times, and the response rate was 33%. Side effects, such as hyperpigmentation and scar formation, were rarely seen. Therefore, Q-switched ruby laser treatment is an effective treatment for epidermal pigmented lesions; however, in patients with café-au-lait macules, the responses to the treatment varied, and a repigmentation was seen in 50% of these patients. Thus, long-term follow-up is required for patients with café-au-lait macules.

• Authors: T Shimbashi, R Kamide, T Hashimoto
• Journal: Aesthetic plastic surgery (Aesthetic Plast Surg) 1997 Nov-Dec Vol. 21 Issue 6 Pg. 445-8 ISSN: 0364-216X [Print] United States
• PMID: 9354611 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Cafe-au-Lait Spots (surgery)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Laser Therapy
• Lentigo (surgery)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Time Factors