The diverse application of laser hair removal therapy: a tertiary laser unit's experience with less common indications and a literature overview

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• 作者：D. Koch (1)
  P. Pratsou (1)
  W. Szczecinska (1)
  S. Lanigan (1)
  A. Abdullah (1)
  
  1. Birmingham Regional Skin Laser Centre ; City Hospital ; Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust ; Dudley Road ; Birmingham ; B18 7QH ; UK
  
• 关键词：Laser hair removal ; Laser hair epilation ; Laser hair reduction ; Pilonidal sinus disease/pseudofolliculitis ; Hidradenitis suppurativa
• 刊名：Lasers in Medical Science
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：January 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：30
• 期：1
• 页码：453-467
• 全文大小：585 KB
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Medicine/Public Health, general
  Dentistry
  Laser Technology and Physics and Photonics
  Quantum Optics, Quantum Electronics and Nonlinear Optics
  Applied Optics, Optoelectronics and Optical Devices
  
• 出版者：Springer London
• ISSN：1435-604X

文摘

We describe the diversity of indications for laser hair removal (LHR) therapy and compare our experience with the literature. Patients' case notes referred to the Birmingham Regional Skin Laser Centre between 2003 and 2011 for laser hair removal, with indications other than hirsutism, were reviewed retrospectively. Thirty-one treated patients with the following indications were identified: hair-bearing skin grafts/flaps, intra-oral hair-bearing flap, Becker's naevus, localised nevoid hypertrichosis, peristomal hair-bearing skin, scrotal skin prior to vaginoplasty in male-to-female (MTF) gender reassignment, pilonidal sinus disease (PSD), pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB) and hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Seven patients with the following indications have been reported before: intra-oral hair-bearing graft, naevoid hypertrichosis and peristomal hair-bearing skin. A clinical review of the evidence available for each indication is provided. Our experience and that in the published literature suggest that LHR is a safe, well-tolerated and effective treatment modality for the indications we report, leading to significant symptom and functional improvement with high patient satisfaction. LHR appears effective in the treatment of chronic inflammatory conditions such as PSD, PFB and HS, particularly at an early disease stage. We aim to increase awareness of the diversity of laser hair removal indications and add evidence to the medical literature of the wide range of indications for this useful treatment modality.