Background: Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia (UNT) is a unique vascular dermatosis of ambiguous etiology. The therapeutic role of pulsed dye laser in this condition, especially in individuals with skin types III and I...
Background: Nonablative lasers are widely used for treatment of wrinkles, atrophic scars and acne. These lasers stimulate dermal remodelling and collagen production, but the early molecular stimulus for this is unknow...
Background: In recent years, lasers have been used in verruca therapy and some successful results have been obtained in some types of verruca. In some of these laser studies, peeling processes have been used to increa...
Background: Localized chronic plaque psoriasis, resistant to local therapy, may be very hard to treat. The treatment of these lesions with a pulsed dye laser (PDL) has been described before, but a comparative study be...
Focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by cutaneous, ectodermal and meso dermal defects. We present a case in which painful, exophytic granulation tissue has been the main sy...
Background: TrUeatments of port-wine stains with conventional pulsed dye laser yield inconsistent results. Objective: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of the longer pulse duration 595-nm dye laser. Methods: Sixty-...
Background: Psoriasis of the hands and feet is a chronic disease which is often resistant to the usual topical therapies. It has considerable morbidity and seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Objective:...
We report two female infants with congenital midline supraumbilical raphes who subsequently developed haemangiomas on the lower lip and gingiva within the first 2 months of life. One was found to have a subglottic hae...
Background and objectives: The excimer laser delivers high energy monochromatic ultraviolet (UV) B at 308 nm. Advantages over conventional UV sources include targeting of lesional skin, reducing cumulative dose and in...
Granuloma faciale (GF) is a rare cutaneous condition of unknown origin with characteristic clinicopathological features. It predominantly affects the face and in some causes an unacceptable cosmetic appearance. Numero...