Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata

Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata

The treatment response of alopecia areata (AA) is often unpredictable. The aim of this study was to report the efficacy of an excimer lamp in treating AA. Seventeen AA patients were included. The overall response rate was 41.1%, and the satisfactory response rate was 29.4%. In patients with severe A...

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Main Authors: Tzu-Chien Hsu, Tzu-Kai Lin, Chao-Kai Hsu, Herng-Jeng Jou, Chao-Chun Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-09-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
Subjects:
alopecia areata
excimer lamp
treatment response
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811714000810
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spelling doaj-2b6d1ebc2d574c4d837f027da9ff2e2f2020-11-25T00:20:23ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsDermatologica Sinica1027-81172015-09-0133315115310.1016/j.dsi.2014.11.004Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areataTzu-Chien Hsu0Tzu-Kai Lin1Chao-Kai Hsu2Herng-Jeng Jou3Chao-Chun Yang4Department of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TaiwanDepartment of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TaiwanDepartment of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TaiwanDepartment of Nursing, Hungkuang University, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TaiwanThe treatment response of alopecia areata (AA) is often unpredictable. The aim of this study was to report the efficacy of an excimer lamp in treating AA. Seventeen AA patients were included. The overall response rate was 41.1%, and the satisfactory response rate was 29.4%. In patients with severe AA, the response rate was 50%. The therapeutic effect of the excimer lamp was evident by internal control. The onset of improvement occurred after 2 months, and only mild side effects were noted. Our results suggest that the 308-nm excimer lamp is a safe alternative treatment for AA, including those with severe AA.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811714000810alopecia areataexcimer lamptreatment response
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Tzu-Kai Lin
Chao-Kai Hsu
Herng-Jeng Jou
Chao-Chun Yang
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Tzu-Kai Lin
Chao-Kai Hsu
Herng-Jeng Jou
Chao-Chun Yang
Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata
Dermatologica Sinica
alopecia areata
excimer lamp
treatment response
author_facet Tzu-Chien Hsu
Tzu-Kai Lin
Chao-Kai Hsu
Herng-Jeng Jou
Chao-Chun Yang
author_sort Tzu-Chien Hsu
title Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata
title_short Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata
title_full Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata
title_fullStr Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata
title_full_unstemmed Excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata
title_sort excimer lamp as an effective alternative treatment for severe alopecia areata
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Dermatologica Sinica
issn 1027-8117
publishDate 2015-09-01
description The treatment response of alopecia areata (AA) is often unpredictable. The aim of this study was to report the efficacy of an excimer lamp in treating AA. Seventeen AA patients were included. The overall response rate was 41.1%, and the satisfactory response rate was 29.4%. In patients with severe AA, the response rate was 50%. The therapeutic effect of the excimer lamp was evident by internal control. The onset of improvement occurred after 2 months, and only mild side effects were noted. Our results suggest that the 308-nm excimer lamp is a safe alternative treatment for AA, including those with severe AA.
topic alopecia areata
excimer lamp
treatment response
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811714000810
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