Clinical use of the Q-switched Nd:YAG laser for the treatment of acquired bilateral nevus of Ota-like macules (ABNOMs) in Koreans.
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BACKGROUND
There are still insufficient clinical reports about quality-switched Nd:YAG laser (QSNYL) in the treatment of acquired bilateral nevus of Otalike macules (ABNOMs) in Asians.
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the efficacy and side-effect profiles of QSNYL treatment of ABNOMs in Korean skin.
METHODS
A prospective study was designed to follow 10 Korean patients with ABNOMs through laser treatment until maximal eradication of the lesions had been achieved.
RESULTS
Five patients (50%) with ABNOMs were treated with excellent or good results. The more treatments a patient underwent, the greater the possibility of improvement. There were no cases of persistent skin textural change or persistent erythema.
CONCLUSIONS
The clinical data support QSNYL being a beneficial alternative tool for treating ABNOMs in brown skin. This is, to the best of the authors' knowledge, the first report about laser treatment of ABNOMs using QSNNL.
