Intense pulsed light for the treatment of hirsutism

Abstract

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Hirsutism can represent a severe cosmetic disturbance, sometimes with psychological implications. Various lasers and broadband light sources have been developed for treatment of hirsutism. The objective of this study was to know the efficacy of IPL in hirsutism patients</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> Forty patients were included in the study. Treatment parameters in respect of pulse duration and fluence were determined according to manufacturer’s recommendation. Hair removal efficiency was calculated as a percentage of the number of hairs present at each visit compared with baseline count.<strong></strong></p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Most of the patients were of the skin type 4 and type 5. More number of patients had hair growth over the chin and sides. Among 40 patients, 70% of patients had good response and 15% of patients had an excellent response. Minimal side effects only noted.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> IPL is safe and efficient modality for treatment of hirsutism.</p>

The Efficiency of Intense Pulse Light in the Treatment of Hirsute Ladies

“…Of course, satisfaction varies from one person to another. However, our study found that 71% of patients expressed satisfied, and 25.8% were very satisfied which is nearly similar to the study of Subha et al [14].…”

“…But it is so higher in Iraqi ladies where the facial hirsutism affects 26.8% of them [13]. The response to IPL treatment for facial hirsutism varies from 10 to 88.66% among various researchers [1,6,11,12,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The current study showed that 62.9% had good and 25.8% excellent hair reduction rate.…”

“…However, they need more treatment sessions [10]. Many prior studies used IPL for the treatment of hirsutism with various number of sessions (1-13) [6,11,14,[18][19][20][21]. The current study used 6 sessions.…”

“…Also, most of the patients of the Khodaeyani et al were of skin type 3 [20]. While in Subha study most of the patients were skin type 4 (50%) and 5 (40%) because Indians subjects have a darker color than Iraqi and Iranian people [14].…”

<p>A Novel Effect of Acyclovir on Hair Growth in BALB/c Mice: A Promising Future for Finding a New Topical Drug for the Treatment of Hirsutism</p>

“…The discovery of novel economic and safe methods for treatment of hirsutism is of great importance as the notable cost of routinemethods such as electrolysis and photo-epilation and serious side effects of oral hormonal therapies such as anti-androgenic agents. [16][17][18] In our study, side effects such as local inflammation, edema, or scaling of skin from topical acyclovir were not observed, therefore this drug can be suggested as a new topical agent for decreasing hair growth in hirsutism. However, further studies should be performed to confirm this hypothesis and additional clinical research is required to further determine the potential of acyclovir as a pharmacologic strategy for hirsutism.…”