2940nm Er:YAG Laser Versus Benzoyl Peroxide Gel for the Treatment of Inflammatory Acne
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2012-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Acne is one of the most common conditions that patients seek for help in dermatological
clinic. Nowadays, conventional treatment including topical agents(retinoids, antibiotics
,antiseptics and keratolytic agents) and systemic agents( antibiotics and retinoids) give a
satisfying result but not to every patient. Some patients are not well respond to
conventional therapy while some patients are unable to tolerate side effects of the
treatments. Therefore, interventions to reduce acne are vigorously experimented . Lights and
lasers including intense pulsed light, pulsed dye laser with or without photosensitizer and
infrared lasers have been found to be useful in treating active inflammatory acne.
Although,pain ,downtime and poor response of comedonal acne are limitations of those lights
and lasers therapy. 2940 nm Erbium:YAG laser which has both resurfacing and photothermal
effects is our laser of interest to seek for its efficacy in the treatment of inflammatory
acne.