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KMID : 1037020170060010041
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Medical Lasers; Engineering, Basic Research, and Clinical Application
2017 Volume.6 No. 1 p.41 ~ p.43
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Treatment of Cafe-au-lait Macules Using a Q-switched Laser Followed by Serial Fractional Thulium Laser Treatments
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Rho Nark-Kyoung
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Abstract
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Cafe-au-lait macules are a benign cutaneous pigmentary disorder with variable responses to laser treatment. We treated a 21-year-old female with recurred cafe-au-lait macules on the thigh using a combination of frequency-doubled Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser followed by 10 sessions of fractional laser, via a novel 1,927 nm fractional thulium laser. At the 11-month follow-up after the last treatment, no foci of re-pigmentation were found. We suggest that fractional thulium laser resurfacing, combined with conventional Q-switched laser treatment, can be used as a safe and effective adjuvant therapy in patients with treatment-resistant cafe-au-lait macules.
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KEYWORD
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Cafe-au-lait macule, Fractional laser, Q-switched laser, Thulium laser
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