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Recalcitrant scarring follicular disorders treated by laser-assisted hair removal: a preliminary report
C T Chui1, T G Berger, V H Price
1Department of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
Background:
Recalcitrant scarring follicular disorders have been treated previously by removing hair follicles both surgically by scalp resection with skin grafting and with X-ray epilation. Laser-assisted hair removal may provide an alternate method of hair removal with less associated morbidity.
Objective:
The goal is to determine whether laser-assisted hair removal can be used to treat follicular inflammatory disorders by destroying hair follicles.
Methods:
Three patients with various scarring follicular disorders (dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, keratosis pilaris spinulosa decalvans, and pseudofolliculitis barbae) were treated with the long-pulse non-Q-switched ruby laser and followed clinically.
Results:
The patients tolerated the treatments well without significant side effects and noted improvement of their condition along with decreased hair growth in the treated area.
Conclusion:
Laser-assisted hair removal may provide a safe, effective means of treating recalcitrant follicular disorders.
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