Abstract:Rosacea is a chronic dermatosis with no cure. Our goal was to evaluate if the combination of flashlamp-pumped Pulsed Dye Laser (PDL) treatment with topical imiquimod could improve therapeutic outcomes. Fourty patients diagnosed with rosacea and aged between 16 and 53 years were assigned for three different types of treatment: i) PDL-only, ii) imiquimod-only, and iii) PDL + imiquimod. The PDL test sites received a single treatment with the VBeam laser (λ = 595 nm; spot size = 7 mm; tp = 1500 msec) at a dosage o… Show more
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