Nicoline F Post, Noah X Van Broekhoven, Annelies Lommerts, Jung M Bae, Marcel W Bekkenk, Caio C Silva de Castro, Viktioria Eleftheriadou, Samia Esmat, Khaled Ezzedine, Nanja van Geel, Iltefat Hamzavi, Giovanni Leone, Amit G Pandya, Thierry Passeron, Michelle A Rodrigues, Julien Seneschal, Steven Th'ng, Albert Wolkerstorfer
Vitiligo patients may desire laser hair removal, skin rejuvenation, vascular treatments, and other laser or intense pulsed light (IPL) assisted treatments. However, there is a risk of inducing new depigmented patches (Koebner phenomenon). In absence of guidelines on the safe use of laser or IPL in vitiligo patients, dermatologists tend to be reluctant to administer these treatments. The aim of this survey study was to provide an estimation of the occurrence and related risk factors of laser/IPL-induced leukoderma or vitiligo...
March 25, 2023: Archives of Dermatological Research