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Using a 1064-nm Picosecond Neodymium-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser for Periorbital Hyperpigmentation
Published on: May 23, 2025
Epidermal grafting for leukoderma resulting from 1064-nm quality-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet
Yen-Jen Wang1, Chang-Cheng Chang2,3,4
1Department of Dermatology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract:
Leukoderma secondary to Q-switched 1064-nm neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet laser is usually refractory to treatment. The pathogenesis was cumulative phototoxic damage to melanocytes and eventually resulted in melanocytopenia. Wood's light or UV imaging can help observe early leukoderma before it becomes apparent clinically and determine the degree of melanocytopenia before conducting a biopsy. NB-UVB phototherapy and 308-nm excimer laser can potentially worsen the pre-existing melasma lesions and may not be effective if the lesions have already become melanocytopenic. Epidermal grafting can replenish the hypopigmented area with melanocytes without worsening melasma.
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