PMID- 14756645
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040406
LR  - 20190906
IS  - 1076-0512 (Print)
IS  - 1076-0512 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 2 Pt 1
DP  - 2004 Feb
TI  - Hair reduction using intense pulsed light source.
PG  - 168-73
AB  - BACKGROUND: Long-term hair removal in hirsute women remains a challenging issue. 
      Various laser and laser-like devices are currently in use for hair removal, but 
      little is known about the permanence of their results. This study deals with the 
      permanence of hair removal using the intense pulsed light source (IPLS). 
      OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness in long-term hair reduction. METHODS: 
      Seventy female hirsute patients were selected in the Department of Laser Therapy 
      at the Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands. The average age of the mostly 
      dark-haired patients of various skin types (Fitzpatrick I to V) was 41 years. 
      They were subjected to a mean of 8 treatments (range of 2 to 23) followed for a 
      mean period of 27.3 months. RESULTS: Using the IPLS, 87% hair removal was 
      achieved, whereby the number of treatments correlated with the amount of hair 
      lost. No correlation was found between hair removal and patient-related or 
      technical data. Minimal side effects occurred in 10% of the patients. CONCLUSION: 
      The IPLS system with its broad range of technical variables is effective in 
      achieving long-term hair removal.
FAU - Schroeter, Careen A
AU  - Schroeter CA
AD  - Department of Laser Therapy, Medical Center Maastricht, Maastricht, The 
      Netherlands. lasermed@schroeter.tmfweb.nl
FAU - Groenewegen, Jan S
AU  - Groenewegen JS
FAU - Reineke, Thorsten
AU  - Reineke T
FAU - Neumann, Herman A M
AU  - Neumann HA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Dermatol Surg
JT  - Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic 
      Surgery [et al.]
JID - 9504371
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - Hair Removal/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Phototherapy/*methods
MH  - Statistics, Nonparametric
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2004/02/06 05:00
MHDA- 2004/04/07 05:00
CRDT- 2004/02/06 05:00
PHST- 2004/02/06 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/04/07 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/02/06 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 30054 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30054.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Dermatol Surg. 2004 Feb;30(2 Pt 1):168-73. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30054.x.