Journal article
Split face evaluation of long-pulsed non-ablative 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser for treatment of direct browplasty scars
Lasers in surgery and medicine, Vol.48(8), pp.742-747
10/2016
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.22543
PMID: 27505684
Abstract
To investigate 1,064 nm long-pulse Nd:YAG laser for postoperative treatment of direct browplasty scars. Nine patients who underwent direct browplasty were enrolled in this prospective study. Subjects were randomized to unilateral laser treatment at 2-week intervals for six total treatments, with the contralateral scar used as a control. Prior to each treatment, subjects rated treated and control scars on overall cosmesis. Post-treatment, subjects rated each for erythema, swelling, discomfort, and perceived hair loss. Finally, examiners masked to treatment side were asked to judge side-by-side photographs of first and final visits for improvement and side effects. Subjects rated the overall appearance of the treated scar significantly higher at the time of treatment number 5 (mean score 5.13 ± 2.03, P = 0.008) and treatment number 6 (6.25 ± 1.98, P = 0.005) compared to treatment 1 (3.75 ± 2.12); by contrast, they failed to rate the control scar more highly. On masked examination of photographs, the treated scar was selected as most improved 50.0 ± 12.5% of the time. Both subjects and graders reported side effects as transient and mild to moderate (mean score 1-4), with no reports of hair loss from either subjects or observers. The 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser provided significant improvement in scar cosmesis after direct browplasty, as rated by subject self-report, but not by masked observers, and appears to be a useful tool for increasing satisfaction among those dissatisfied with direct browplasty scars. Side effects-including erythema, edema, and discomfort-were transient and universally rated as mild to moderate. Lasers Surg. Med. 48:742-747, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Split face evaluation of long-pulsed non-ablative 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser for treatment of direct browplasty scars
- Creators
- Phillip A Tenzel - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136Karan Patel - University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136Benjamin P Erickson - Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136Erin M Shriver - Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242Lisa D Grunebaum - Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136Chrisfouad R Alabiad - Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136Wendy W Lee - Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136Sara T Wester - Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136. swester2@miami.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Lasers in surgery and medicine, Vol.48(8), pp.742-747
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1002/lsm.22543
- PMID
- 27505684
- ISSN
- 0196-8092
- eISSN
- 1096-9101
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000002, name: National Institutes of Health, award: P30EY014801
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2016
- Academic Unit
- Otolaryngology; Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983980093702771
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