Use of onion extract, heparin, allantoin gel in prevention of scarring in chinese patients having laser removal of tattoos: a prospective randomized controlled trial.

Background: With rapid advancement in cutaneous laser therapy, Q-switched lasers have become the standard treatment for tattoo removal. The longer wavelength Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is used when removing tattoos in darker skin patients to avoid scarring and permanent pigment changes. Nevertheless, the local experience revealed that nearly 25% of the Chinese patients developed scarring.

Treatment of port wine stains with intense pulsed light: a prospective study.

Background: Recent studies have shown that intense pulsed light can be useful in treating port wine stains that were resistant to previous pulsed dye laser therapy. Asian persons with high epidermal melanin context can be at a higher risk of complication.

Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a prospective trial to assess the efficacy and complication of intense pulsed light in the treatment of port wine stains in Chinese patients.

Prospective study on the treatment of postburn hyperpigmentation by intense pulsed light.

Background And Objectives: Postburn hyperpigmentation is a common phenomenon among Asian especially over grafted areas and sometimes over donor sites and healed wounds without skin graft. This condition is difficult to treat and can cause severe psychological distress. Intense pulsed light (IPL) has been used to treat melanocytic lesions with promising result.

Laser treatment of congenital facial port-wine stains: long-term efficacy and complication in Chinese patients.

Background And Objective: Pulsed dye laser (585 nm, 450 micros) and variable pulse width frequency doubled Nd:YAG 532 nm laser have been proven to be effective in treating vascular lesions in Caucasians especially in facial port-wine stain. Their roles in dark-skinned Asian have not been determined. The objective of this study was to assess the long-term outcome and complication of laser treatment of congenital facial port-wine stain in Chinese patients retrospectively.