“…Therapeutic options include retinoids, intralesional and topical steroids, antimalarials, surgical excision, and thalidomide, associated with sun avoidance 2–4 . Retinoids, such as acitretin, etretinate, and systemic and topical tretinoin isotretinoin, have shown efficacy in HLE, even when it is recalcitrant to conventional therapy 2–9 …”