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- Title
Effective treatment of Hailey-Hailey disease with a long-pulsed (5 ms) alexandrite laser.
- Authors
Awadalla, Farah; Rosenbach, Alan
- Abstract
Familial benign pemphigus (Hailey-Hailey disease) is often resistant to conventional treatments. This report describes a 35-year-old Asian American male with a 12-year history of recalcitrant Hailey-Hailey disease who was treated with a long-pulsed alexandrite laser. Fluences ranged from 12 to 20 J/cm with a 5-ms pulse duration (spot sizes: 10-15 mm). Cold air cooling was used during the sessions. There was 50% improvement noted after the first treatment. Within 10 treatments, there was 95% clearance. Complete resolution was achieved by the thirteenth treatment. The lesions have been clear or nearly clear (greater than 95%) for the past 2 years. Once clearance was achieved, five maintenance laser treatments were initiated at 3-month intervals and eventually discontinued for 12 months without relapse.
- Publication
Journal of cosmetic and laser therapy : official publication of the European Society for Laser Dermatology, 2011, Vol 13, Issue 4, p191
- ISSN
1476-4180
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3109/14764172.2011.594062