Photoderm article by Bitter

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I guess this is Bitter -- do we know if that's senior or

junior? It's not on rosacea, which may be why my Medline search last

night missed it. I'll go back and search more thoroughly, but I

thought the Bitters were primarily involved in rosacea, no?

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

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Dermatol Surg 2000 Sep;26(9):835-42; discussion 843

Noninvasive rejuvenation of photodamaged skin using serial, full-face

intense pulsed light treatments.

Bitter PH.

BACKGROUND: Photodamaged skin is characterized not only by rhytides,

but also by epidermal and dermal atrophy, rough skin texture,

irregular pigmentation, telangiectasias, laxity, and enlarged pores.

There is growing interest in the development of noninvasive methods

to treat photodamaged skin. Skin photorejuvenation is the visible

improvement of photodamaged skin using a laser or other light source.

A noncoherent, broadband, pulsed light source is effective in the

treatment of vascular and pigmented lesions of the skin. This study

evaluates the role of intense pulsed light in the rejuvenation of

photo aged skin. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate

and quantify the degree of visible improvement in photodamaged skin

following a series of full-face, intense pulsed light treatments.

METHODS: Forty-nine subjects with varying degrees of photo-damage

were treated with a series of four or more full-face treatments at 3-

week intervals using a nonablative, nonlaser intense pulsed visible

light source. Fluences varied from 30 to 50 J/cm2. Subject evaluation

and skin biopsies were used to assess treatment results. RESULTS: All

aspects of photodamage including wrinkling, skin coarseness,

irregular pigmentation, pore size, and telangiectasias showed visible

improvement in more than 90% of subjects with minimal downtime and no

scarring. Eighty-eight percent of subjects were satisfied with the

overall results of their treatments. CONCLUSION: Treatment of

photodamaged facial skin using a series of full-face treatments with

intense pulsed light is a new and effective noninvasive method of

skin rejuvenation with minimal risk and no patient downtime.

[Guest guest]

I guess this is Bitter -- do we know if that's senior or

junior? It's not on rosacea, which may be why my Medline search last

night missed it. I'll go back and search more thoroughly, but I

thought the Bitters were primarily involved in rosacea, no?

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

-=-=-=

Dermatol Surg 2000 Sep;26(9):835-42; discussion 843

Noninvasive rejuvenation of photodamaged skin using serial, full-face

intense pulsed light treatments.

Bitter PH.

BACKGROUND: Photodamaged skin is characterized not only by rhytides,

but also by epidermal and dermal atrophy, rough skin texture,

irregular pigmentation, telangiectasias, laxity, and enlarged pores.

There is growing interest in the development of noninvasive methods

to treat photodamaged skin. Skin photorejuvenation is the visible

improvement of photodamaged skin using a laser or other light source.

A noncoherent, broadband, pulsed light source is effective in the

treatment of vascular and pigmented lesions of the skin. This study

evaluates the role of intense pulsed light in the rejuvenation of

photo aged skin. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate

and quantify the degree of visible improvement in photodamaged skin

following a series of full-face, intense pulsed light treatments.

METHODS: Forty-nine subjects with varying degrees of photo-damage

were treated with a series of four or more full-face treatments at 3-

week intervals using a nonablative, nonlaser intense pulsed visible

light source. Fluences varied from 30 to 50 J/cm2. Subject evaluation

and skin biopsies were used to assess treatment results. RESULTS: All

aspects of photodamage including wrinkling, skin coarseness,

irregular pigmentation, pore size, and telangiectasias showed visible

improvement in more than 90% of subjects with minimal downtime and no

scarring. Eighty-eight percent of subjects were satisfied with the

overall results of their treatments. CONCLUSION: Treatment of

photodamaged facial skin using a series of full-face treatments with

intense pulsed light is a new and effective noninvasive method of

skin rejuvenation with minimal risk and no patient downtime.