Combined pulsed dye laser and Q-switched Nd:YAG laser intraumatic facial tattoo removal: A case series.

Traumatic tattoos can be treated with several methods, including mechanical and chemical devices. However, they are rarely used due to the high risk of permanent side effects such as scarring and depigmentation. Recently, laser devices, especially the Q-switched (QS) laser and the pulsed dye laser (PDL), applied in combination, have achieved complete clearance of the lesions without any risk of side effects.

Randomized, within-patient, clinical trial comparing fluorine-synthetic fiber socks with standard cotton socks in improving plantar pustulosis.

Background/aims: Rubbing the skin may influence the persistence of pustulosis over time. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a new fabric made with fluorine-synthetic fiber in improving plantar pustulosis.

Methods: A total of 17 patients were randomized to receive on one side a sock made of fluorine-synthetic fiber and on the other a sock made of cotton fabric for 4 weeks.

Double-blind, within-patient, randomized, clinical trial comparing fluorine-synthetic fiber socks with standard cotton socks in improving plantar psoriasis.

Background: Rubbing the skin and trauma may influence the persistence of psoriasis over time.

Objectives: To assess the impact of a new fabric made with a special fluorine-synthetic fiber in improving plantar psoriasis.

Methods: A total of 20 patients with symmetrical lesions were randomized to receive on one side a sock made of fluorine-synthetic fiber and on the other side a sock made of cotton fabric for 4 weeks.

A case of nodular scleroderma.

Nodular scleroderma is a rare complication of systemic sclerosis; the pathogenetic implications are still unknown, although many factors are supposed to play a role in lesion development. We report the case of a young woman suffering from systemic sclerosis, who developed nodular lesions during therapeutic management with D-penicillamine and plasmapheresis. In order to better understand the essence of this disease, we examined all the possible pathogenetic mechanisms that could be implicated in nodular lesion development.

Case study: periodic follow-up is necessary in morphea profunda to identify systemic evolution.

The term "morphea" includes a wide spectrum of clinical entities, varying from localized plaques of only cosmetic importance to deep lesions resulting in considerable morbidity for the patient. In fact, although survival rates are no different from that of the general population, localized scleroderma may be associated with development of substantial disability, as occurs in deep morphea and in pediatric patients (disabling pansclerotic morphea of children). We report a case of morphea profunda affecting a young man with severe, rapidly progressive, widespread skin involvement and focus on the eventual systemic evolution of such cases.

Chronic idiopathic urticaria: infiltrating cells and related cytokines in autologous serum-induced wheals.

The term chronic autoimmune urticaria (CAIU) is used for chronic urticaria in subjects who present a whealing response to the intradermal injection of autologous serum, suggesting the presence of pathogenic antibody activities. In this study, we examined 28 chronic urticaria subjects with positive autologous serum skin test (ASST), all of whom presented autologous serum-induced lesions at different evolutive stages. Punch biopsies were taken from lesional skin of six subjects at 10', eight subjects at 30', six subjects at 60', and four subjects each at 24 and 48 h.