Hair removal with intense pulsed light (IPL) for hairy skin grafts.
- Author:
Meng-Hua HUO
1
;
Li-Ying YAO
;
Guo-Zhang CHEN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Burns; surgery; Female; Hair Removal; methods; Humans; Male; Skin Transplantation; methods; Surgical Flaps; Young Adult
- From: Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery 2008;24(1):32-33
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo evaluate the hair-removal effect of IPL for hairy skin grafts.
METHODS10 patients with hairy skin grafts were treated with IPL (ELITEplus) for hair removal 3 to 5 times at intervals of 2 months. The patients received IPL(610 - 1 000 nm) with spot size of 10 mm x 50 mm, pulse width of 5 msec with a delay of 2 - 20 msec, fluence of 30 - 38.3 J/cm2 .
RESULTSThe treatment was well tolerated with no need of anesthesia in all the patients. The hairs were removed completely after 3 to 5 treatments. The treated site could be washed as usual with no need of dressing. There was no blister, infection, hyperpigmentation and scarring. Only vellus were existed during the follow-up period of 6 - 12 months.
CONCLUSIONSIPL is a safe and reliable method to remove unwanted hair on skin grafts. It can be easily performed with a lower complication.
