Journal of Photosciences

Intense Pulsed Light Was Effective for Solar Lentigines and Ephelides

Volume 10(2003), 217-218 page

ÀúÀÚ: Hiroko Kameyama, Akira Kawada, Yoshiko Sangen, Tsukasa Wakano, Yoshinori Aragane, and Tadashi Tezuka

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Keywords: intense pulsed light  solar lentigines  ephelides


A noncoherent, broadband, intense pulsed light source has been used for the symptoms of photoaging skin as a nonablative method. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of intense pulsed light in solar lentigines and ephelides on the face. An open study was performed in patients with solar lentigines and ephelides who received three to five treatments of intense pulsed light. Forty-eight percent of patients had more than 50% improvement and 20% had more than 75% improvement. In the group of solar lentigines, 40% of patients showed more than 50% improvement and 16% did more than 75% improvement. Patients with solar lentigines+ephelides and ephelides responded remarkably with 75% and 71% of patients having more than 50% improvement, respectively. Intense pulsed light was well tolerated and may be a new modality for the therapy of solar lentigines and ephelides.