A Comparison of 3 Lasers and Liquid Nitrogen in the Treatment of Solar Lentigines

A Comparative Study of Glycolic Acid Versus Mixture of Trichloroacetic Acid and Glycolic Acid Peeling for Treatment of Three Benign Epidermal Lesions

“…The pre-treatment and 2-month post-treatment photographs were evaluated and analyzed for clinical response. The clinical response were graded using a 4-point grading scale determined by Chun [7] and Todd et al [11], as follows: excellent, with an improvement greater than 70%; good, with an improvement of 50% to 70%; fair, with an improvement of 30% to 50%; and poor, with an improvement less than 30%.…”

Treatment of solar lentigines

“…12,13 The first of these was a randomized study involving 13 patients and 99 lesions, which compared CO 2 laser, argon laser light, and cryotherapy within the same patient. 12 Fluences of 3 to 5 J/cm 2 and 1 J/cm 2 were administered for the CO 2 and argon laser techniques, respectively.…”

“…Moderate atrophy was reported infrequently for all therapies. Todd et al 13 have reported a comparative study of the frequency-doubled Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (532 nm), the HGM K1 krypton laser (521 nm) (HGM Medical Systems Inc, Salt Lake City, Utah), the DioLite 532-nm diode-pumped vanadate laser (Index Corp, Mountain View, Calif), and cryotherapy. A total of 27 patients with a minimum of 6 lesions on the backs of their hands were enrolled in the study.…”

A comparison of Q-switched alexandrite laser and intense pulsed light for the treatment of freckles and lentigines in Asian persons: A randomized, physician-blinded, split-face comparative trial

“…In the past decade, several lasers with wavelengths strongly absorbed by melanin and nanosecond pulse durations have been shown to treat pigmented lesions effectively and quickly. These include the Q-switched (QS) neodymium:yttrium-aluminumgarnet (Nd:YAG) laser, 3,4 QS ruby laser (QSRL), 5 and QS alexandrite laser (QSAL). 6,7 However, certain side effects, especially postinflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), are common in Asian people after laser therapy.…”