Cryosurgery Acne Attachment for Actinic Cheilitis

Actinic cheilitis: a treatment review

“…Cryosurgery is a relatively inexpensive treatment and does not require the operator skill level of procedures such as a surgical vermilionectomy. Flat and wide acne cryosurgery attachments have been used to localize the freezing therapy directly on the foci of AC, avoiding overspray of the lips 14 . The procedure can be performed without local anesthesia, is extremely quick, and is readily available in most treatment centers.…”

Surgical versus non‐surgical treatment of actinic cheilitis: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Ten studies were included in this review and processed for data extraction (Table ). Thirty‐eight full texts were excluded for the following reasons: case report or fewer than 10 cases (Chakrabarty, Mraz, Geisse, & Anderson, ; Ghasri, Admani, Petelin, & Zachary, ; McDonald, Laverick, Fleming, & White, ; Rossi, Assad, Buggiani, & Lotti, ); follow‐up of <6 months or not specified (Alexiades‐Armenakas & Geronemus, ; Armenores, James, Walker, & Huilgol, ; Berking et al, ; Calzavara‐Pinton, Rossi, Sala, & Italian Group For Photodynamic Therapy, ; Chaves et al, ; de Godoy Peres, Aigotti Haberbeck Brandão, Rodarte Carvalho, Dória Filho, & Plapler, ; Kim, Song, & Kim, ; Menta Simonsen Nico, Rivitti, & Lourenço, ; Menta Ulrich et al, ; Ribeiro et al, ; Spyridonos, Gaitanis, Tzaphlidou, & Bassukas, ; Ulrich et al, ); abstract, comment, or literature review (Alexiades−Armenakas, ; Dinani, Topham, Derrick, & Atkinson, ; Goldman, ; Kuwahara & Rasberry, ; Larios, Alevizos, & Rigopoulos, ; Laws, Wilde, & Grabski, ); insufficient data regarding treatment, lesion location, or outcome (Jorizzo, Weiss, & Vamvakias, ; Nelson et al., 2007; Ntomouchtsis et al, ; Rossoe, Tebcherani, Sittart, & Pires, ; Sand, Altmeyer, & Bechara, ; Sotiriou, Apalla, Koussidou, & Ioannides, ; Stough, Bucko, Vamvakias, Rafal, & Davis, ); studies including patients with a previous diagnosis of SCC or those with SCC in the sample (Dufresne, Cruz, Zeikus, Perlis, & Jellinek, ; Laws et al, ; Smith, Germain, Yeager, & Skelton, ; Zaiac & Clement, ); and articles that were not in English (Ceylan, Erboz, Özdemir, & Kazandi, ; Ceylan, Özdemir, & Kazandi, ; Ulrich et al., ).…”

Dermabrasion for Actinic Cheilitis

“…Dermabrasion has been described for the treatment of actinic damage, refractory actinic keratoses, and as a prophylactic treatment for the development of skin cancer, 21,22 but not on the vermilion surface. A range of treatments have been used to treat AC including cryotherapy, CO 2 laser, topical retinoids, 5‐fluorouracil, imiquimod electrodesiccation and curettage, photodynamic therapy, and vermilionectomy 4–19 …”

“…Many different treatment modalities have been reviewed in the literature 2,3,4 . Current methods include topical 5‐fluorouracil, 5 imiquimod, 6 photodynamic therapy, chemical peels, 7,8,9 cryosurgery, 10,11 electrodesiccation and curettage, 12 carbon dioxide laser, 13–17 and vermilionectomy with or without mucosal advancement 18 …”