20 2004 a new study shows that combining a special laser therapy and a skin ointment called tacrolimus may be better at helping repigment skin affected by vitiligo according to french.
Excimer laser vitiligo reviews.
Dermatologists focus the laser directly on the lightened areas of skin using a wand like device.
Uv sensitive areas respond best as well as a short duration of the disease.
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To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 308 nm excimer laser on vitiligo.
Available data concerning the follow up of treated patients and some criteria for the selection of patients with a greater chance to respond satisfactorily to treatment are also.
More frequent treatments achieve better results.
The 308 nm excimer laser has been used as phototherapy on vitiligo.
Clinical studies show that patients treated with the excimer laser system achieve greater repigmentation in a few weeks than with any other present vitiligo therapy safe.
Excimer laser is relatively safe and effective for localized disease.
Vitiligo is an acquired cutaneous hypopigmentary disorder which characterized by solitary or multiple depigmented maculae or patches.
9 although the response time and the duration of response varied.
This procedure is painless and can be administered in a doctor s office in less than half an hour.
Targeted treatment of vitiligo patches limits exposure to.
Randomized controlled trials were searched to conduct a systematic review.
A review j am acad dermatol 2009.
The burden of vitiligo.
The keywords were identified as laser excimer laser quasimolecule xecl and vitiligo.
Excimer laser for vitiligo.
The 308 nm excimer laser has been used as phototherapy on vitiligo.
In this article we review the efficacy adverse effects and possible mechanisms of action of narrowband ultraviolet b and excimer laser in the management of vitiligo.
The excimer laser is a highly focused beam of uvb light.
Excimer lasers can treat vitiligo more effectively safely and conveniently than topical creams uvb booths or puva.
Randomized controlled trials were searched to conduct a systematic review.
Compared to other treatment modalities the excimer laser most likely constitutes the treatment of choice for localized vitiligo.
The excimer laser system is light years ahead of other vitiligo treatments.
Using a carefully focused beam of laser light delivered through a sophisticated fiber optic delivery system the excimer system is designed to repigment unsightly lighter skin tones.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 308 nm excimer laser on vitiligo.
Patient characteristics associated with quality of life j am acad dermatol 2009.