Treatment of Self Harm Scars With Fraxel Laser

Darius Mehregan10 enrolled

Overview

Treatment of self harm scars with fractionated laser.

Fractionated resurfacing lasers have been shown to be useful for scars including acne scars, burns scars and striae. We will treat self harm scars with 3 to 4 treatments using a "Fraxel" fractionated laser. Patients will be screened to ensure they are not actively engaged in self harm behaviors.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Self Harm

Interventions

Fractionated laser resurfacingDEVICE

Patients will receive 3-4 treatments with fractionated laser resurfacing

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Self harm scars Exclusion Criteria: * Active self harm behaviors

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Clinical improvement of scars

Patients will be assessed with pre and post treatment photography. Photographs will be taken at baseline and 1 month after the final treatment. After the final treatment both the investigator and patients will rate appearance of scarring as "worsened", "unchanged" or "improved" as compared to baseline.

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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