PMID- 12966234
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040202
LR  - 20071115
IS  - 0148-7043 (Print)
IS  - 0148-7043 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
DP  - 2003 Sep
TI  - Ninety percent permanent hair reduction in transsexual patients.
PG  - 243-8
AB  - Transsexualism as a condition requires hair removal. Twenty-five male-to-female 
      transsexual patients were included in this study on epilation using the Intense 
      Pulsed Light Source (IPLS). Patients received a varying number of treatments, 
      depending on their response. A mean hair clearance rate of 90% was achieved in 
      the studied patients. The average number of treatments per patient was nine. A 
      negative correlation was found between hair removal and the age of the patient. 
      Hair removal was also found to be more effective when the patients had not used 
      any needle epilation. No difference in hair removal was found between transsexual 
      patients, who were hormonal, and those who were not. Follow-up lasted an average 
      of 44 months. This study proved that the IPLS has the potential to be effective, 
      permanent, and painless especially in younger patients who have not used any 
      mechanical methods for epilation before photoepilation.
FAU - Schroeter, Careen Angela
AU  - Schroeter CA
AD  - Department of Lasertherapy, Medical Centre Maastricht, Becanusstraat 17, 6216 BX 
      Maastricht, The Netherlands.
FAU - Groenewegen, Jan Stephen
AU  - Groenewegen JS
FAU - Reineke, Thorsten
AU  - Reineke T
FAU - Neumann, Hendrik Arend Martino
AU  - Neumann HA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Ann Plast Surg
JT  - Annals of plastic surgery
JID - 7805336
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Hair Removal/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Laser Therapy
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Transsexualism
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2003/09/11 05:00
MHDA- 2004/02/03 05:00
CRDT- 2003/09/11 05:00
PHST- 2003/09/11 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/02/03 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/09/11 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 00000637-200309000-00003 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/01.SAP.0000063759.59038.7E [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Plast Surg. 2003 Sep;51(3):243-8. doi: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000063759.59038.7E.