Re: Some useful URLs on lasers and IPL

[Guest guest]

> Article on laser treatment (note that everything looked better,

> except patients didn't agree!)

Rick, in my experience disagreement between patients and physicians

in severity of condition isn't unusual; in fact, I'd think it's the

norm. Patients often feel their conditions are worse than physicians

assess, perhaps because each uses a different " standard " -- patients

understandably judge their condition against their old condition-free

state, whereas physicians judge a condition against the whole human

spectrum of normal, atypicals, and disease states.

It's impossible to know without seeing the full-text article, but the

abstract describes agreement on the more important variables of

symptom improvement, patient tolerance, and side effects. (For what

it's worth, on a " study " of 12 patients without selection critera or

objective method of scoring. <g>)

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> 1: Lasers Med Sci 2002;17(1):26-33

>

> Laser treatment of erythema and telangiectasia associated with

> rosacea.

>

> SM, Lanigan SW, Marks R.

>

> Department of Dermatology, The University Hospital of Wales, Heath

> Park, Cardiff, UK.

>

> The response of rosacea-associated erythema and telangiectasia to

> treatment with the pulsed tunable dye laser (PDL) was evaluated in

> 12 patients. Improvements in erythema, telangiectasia, flushing,

the

> physician's and the patient's perception of overall severity,

> treatment tolerability, and the adverse side effects were examined.

> With the sole exception of the patient's assessment of overall

> severity we have found highly significant improvements in all other

> parameters evaluated, with excellent tolerance of treatment. We

> therefore conclude that the PDL is a safe and effective treatment

for

> the erythemato-telangiectatic component of rosacea.

>

> PMID: 11845365 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Guest guest]

> Article on laser treatment (note that everything looked better,

> except patients didn't agree!)

Rick, in my experience disagreement between patients and physicians

in severity of condition isn't unusual; in fact, I'd think it's the

norm. Patients often feel their conditions are worse than physicians

assess, perhaps because each uses a different " standard " -- patients

understandably judge their condition against their old condition-free

state, whereas physicians judge a condition against the whole human

spectrum of normal, atypicals, and disease states.

It's impossible to know without seeing the full-text article, but the

abstract describes agreement on the more important variables of

symptom improvement, patient tolerance, and side effects. (For what

it's worth, on a " study " of 12 patients without selection critera or

objective method of scoring. <g>)

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> 1: Lasers Med Sci 2002;17(1):26-33

>

> Laser treatment of erythema and telangiectasia associated with

> rosacea.

>

> SM, Lanigan SW, Marks R.

>

> Department of Dermatology, The University Hospital of Wales, Heath

> Park, Cardiff, UK.

>

> The response of rosacea-associated erythema and telangiectasia to

> treatment with the pulsed tunable dye laser (PDL) was evaluated in

> 12 patients. Improvements in erythema, telangiectasia, flushing,

the

> physician's and the patient's perception of overall severity,

> treatment tolerability, and the adverse side effects were examined.

> With the sole exception of the patient's assessment of overall

> severity we have found highly significant improvements in all other

> parameters evaluated, with excellent tolerance of treatment. We

> therefore conclude that the PDL is a safe and effective treatment

for

> the erythemato-telangiectatic component of rosacea.

>

> PMID: 11845365 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Guest guest]

> Article on laser treatment (note that everything looked better,

> except patients didn't agree!)

Rick, in my experience disagreement between patients and physicians

in severity of condition isn't unusual; in fact, I'd think it's the

norm. Patients often feel their conditions are worse than physicians

assess, perhaps because each uses a different " standard " -- patients

understandably judge their condition against their old condition-free

state, whereas physicians judge a condition against the whole human

spectrum of normal, atypicals, and disease states.

It's impossible to know without seeing the full-text article, but the

abstract describes agreement on the more important variables of

symptom improvement, patient tolerance, and side effects. (For what

it's worth, on a " study " of 12 patients without selection critera or

objective method of scoring. <g>)

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> 1: Lasers Med Sci 2002;17(1):26-33

>

> Laser treatment of erythema and telangiectasia associated with

> rosacea.

>

> SM, Lanigan SW, Marks R.

>

> Department of Dermatology, The University Hospital of Wales, Heath

> Park, Cardiff, UK.

>

> The response of rosacea-associated erythema and telangiectasia to

> treatment with the pulsed tunable dye laser (PDL) was evaluated in

> 12 patients. Improvements in erythema, telangiectasia, flushing,

the

> physician's and the patient's perception of overall severity,

> treatment tolerability, and the adverse side effects were examined.

> With the sole exception of the patient's assessment of overall

> severity we have found highly significant improvements in all other

> parameters evaluated, with excellent tolerance of treatment. We

> therefore conclude that the PDL is a safe and effective treatment

for

> the erythemato-telangiectatic component of rosacea.

>

> PMID: 11845365 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[Guest guest]

> Article on laser treatment (note that everything looked better,

> except patients didn't agree!)

Rick, in my experience disagreement between patients and physicians

in severity of condition isn't unusual; in fact, I'd think it's the

norm. Patients often feel their conditions are worse than physicians

assess, perhaps because each uses a different " standard " -- patients

understandably judge their condition against their old condition-free

state, whereas physicians judge a condition against the whole human

spectrum of normal, atypicals, and disease states.

It's impossible to know without seeing the full-text article, but the

abstract describes agreement on the more important variables of

symptom improvement, patient tolerance, and side effects. (For what

it's worth, on a " study " of 12 patients without selection critera or

objective method of scoring. <g>)

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> 1: Lasers Med Sci 2002;17(1):26-33

>

> Laser treatment of erythema and telangiectasia associated with

> rosacea.

>

> SM, Lanigan SW, Marks R.

>

> Department of Dermatology, The University Hospital of Wales, Heath

> Park, Cardiff, UK.

>

> The response of rosacea-associated erythema and telangiectasia to

> treatment with the pulsed tunable dye laser (PDL) was evaluated in

> 12 patients. Improvements in erythema, telangiectasia, flushing,

the

> physician's and the patient's perception of overall severity,

> treatment tolerability, and the adverse side effects were examined.

> With the sole exception of the patient's assessment of overall

> severity we have found highly significant improvements in all other

> parameters evaluated, with excellent tolerance of treatment. We

> therefore conclude that the PDL is a safe and effective treatment

for

> the erythemato-telangiectatic component of rosacea.

>

> PMID: 11845365 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]