TY - JOUR
T1 - The Efficacy of Intense Pulsed Light as a Treatment for Benign Pigmented Lesions on the Dorsal Hand
AU - Wamsley, Christine E.
AU - Parsa, Shyon
AU - Culver, Abby
AU - Barillas, Jennifer
AU - Kenkel, Jeffrey M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Source of funding was Department of Plastic Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. C. E. Wamsley, J. Barillas, and J. M. Kenkel report sponsor-supported funding from Venus Concept and Bellus Medical for research studies outside of this submitted work. J. Barillas and J. M. Kenkel report sponsor-reported funding from Allergan and Brijjit Medical for outside research studies.
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PY - 2022/8/1
Y1 - 2022/8/1
N2 - BACKGROUNDIntense pulsed light (IPL) is a noninvasive therapeutic option to treat benign pigmented lesions by targeting melanin.OBJECTIVEThe purpose of this study was to assess IPL as a treatment for benign pigmented dorsal hand lesions.MATERIALS AND METHODSA total of fifteen subjects, 40 to 73 years old, received 3 monthly IPL treatments over the dorsal hands. Subjects followed up 1 and 3 months after treatment. At every visit, photographs were taken using the VISIA Complexion Analysis System (Canfield Scientific, Fairfield, NJ) and analyzed using the RBX Brown Spots Analysis algorithm. The Clinician Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale and Subject Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale were completed at both follow-up visits.RESULTSA total of fifteen subjects completed all six visits. The number of brown spots decreased 9.26% (p =.0004) and 7.52% (p =.0132) at each follow-up visit. The mean brown intensity decreased 6.15% (p =.0183) and 7.67% (p =.0178), whereas the mean contrast intensity decreased 8.88% (p <.0001) and 6.60% (p =.0007) 1 and 3 months after treatment, respectively. The mean Clinician Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale was 2.03 and 2.23, whereas the mean Subject Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale 1 and 3 months after treatment was 1.6 and 1.8, respectively.CONCLUSIONObjective analysis, along with clinician and subject assessments, showed an improvement in the appearance of benign pigmented lesions in the treated area after 3 IPL treatments.
AB - BACKGROUNDIntense pulsed light (IPL) is a noninvasive therapeutic option to treat benign pigmented lesions by targeting melanin.OBJECTIVEThe purpose of this study was to assess IPL as a treatment for benign pigmented dorsal hand lesions.MATERIALS AND METHODSA total of fifteen subjects, 40 to 73 years old, received 3 monthly IPL treatments over the dorsal hands. Subjects followed up 1 and 3 months after treatment. At every visit, photographs were taken using the VISIA Complexion Analysis System (Canfield Scientific, Fairfield, NJ) and analyzed using the RBX Brown Spots Analysis algorithm. The Clinician Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale and Subject Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale were completed at both follow-up visits.RESULTSA total of fifteen subjects completed all six visits. The number of brown spots decreased 9.26% (p =.0004) and 7.52% (p =.0132) at each follow-up visit. The mean brown intensity decreased 6.15% (p =.0183) and 7.67% (p =.0178), whereas the mean contrast intensity decreased 8.88% (p <.0001) and 6.60% (p =.0007) 1 and 3 months after treatment, respectively. The mean Clinician Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale was 2.03 and 2.23, whereas the mean Subject Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale 1 and 3 months after treatment was 1.6 and 1.8, respectively.CONCLUSIONObjective analysis, along with clinician and subject assessments, showed an improvement in the appearance of benign pigmented lesions in the treated area after 3 IPL treatments.
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U2 - 10.1097/DSS.0000000000003494
DO - 10.1097/DSS.0000000000003494
M3 - Article
C2 - 35917263
AN - SCOPUS:85135597205
SN - 1076-0512
VL - 48
SP - 827
EP - 832
JO - Dermatologic Surgery
JF - Dermatologic Surgery
IS - 8
ER -