A Case Report of Vitiligo Induced by Alexandrite Hair Removal Laser

Vitiligo is one of the disorders where we usually see Koebner lesions. Lasers target a chromophore in the skin to deliver their energy. Their effect is theoretically considered as injury and may induce Koebner lesions in vitiligo patients. Few cases were reported with the different kinds of laser, i...

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Autor principal:	Azzam Alkhalifah
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Karger Publishers 2021
Materias:	vitiligo koebner phenomenon alexandrite laser laser hair removal Dermatology RL1-803
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0db1b817aca5466b8f97e0c1d7a6b7472021-12-02T12:40:22ZA Case Report of Vitiligo Induced by Alexandrite Hair Removal Laser1662-656710.1159/000520540https://doaj.org/article/0db1b817aca5466b8f97e0c1d7a6b7472021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/520540https://doaj.org/toc/1662-6567Vitiligo is one of the disorders where we usually see Koebner lesions. Lasers target a chromophore in the skin to deliver their energy. Their effect is theoretically considered as injury and may induce Koebner lesions in vitiligo patients. Few cases were reported with the different kinds of laser, including laser hair removal (LHR). No cases have ever been reported of vitiligo lesions induced by Alexandrite LHR. Here we present a case report of a young female patient who had never had vitiligo until she received a 755-nm LHR treatment. These vitiligo lesions were completely treated with NB-UVB with no recurrence until 4 years later when she received another 755-nm LHR treatment session with a different machine, which lead to new vitiligo patches only on the areas that received the laser.Azzam AlkhalifahKarger Publishersarticlevitiligokoebner phenomenonalexandrite laserlaser hair removalDermatologyRL1-803ENCase Reports in Dermatology, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 521-524 (2021)
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topic	vitiligo koebner phenomenon alexandrite laser laser hair removal Dermatology RL1-803
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description	Vitiligo is one of the disorders where we usually see Koebner lesions. Lasers target a chromophore in the skin to deliver their energy. Their effect is theoretically considered as injury and may induce Koebner lesions in vitiligo patients. Few cases were reported with the different kinds of laser, including laser hair removal (LHR). No cases have ever been reported of vitiligo lesions induced by Alexandrite LHR. Here we present a case report of a young female patient who had never had vitiligo until she received a 755-nm LHR treatment. These vitiligo lesions were completely treated with NB-UVB with no recurrence until 4 years later when she received another 755-nm LHR treatment session with a different machine, which lead to new vitiligo patches only on the areas that received the laser.
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title	A Case Report of Vitiligo Induced by Alexandrite Hair Removal Laser
title_short	A Case Report of Vitiligo Induced by Alexandrite Hair Removal Laser
title_full	A Case Report of Vitiligo Induced by Alexandrite Hair Removal Laser
title_fullStr	A Case Report of Vitiligo Induced by Alexandrite Hair Removal Laser
title_full_unstemmed	A Case Report of Vitiligo Induced by Alexandrite Hair Removal Laser
title_sort	case report of vitiligo induced by alexandrite hair removal laser
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A Case Report of Vitiligo Induced by Alexandrite Hair Removal Laser

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