The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the efficacy and safety of long-pulsed ND:YAG laser and intense pulsed light in the treatment of traumatic and post-surgical erythematous scars. Forty patients presenting with traumatic and post-surgical erythematous scars on the head and neck, of six months' duration or less, were randomly divided into two equal groups. Group A patients received long-pulsed ND:YAG laser sessions, while Group B patients received intense pulsed light sessions. Four sessions were given at four-week intervals.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
Long Pulsed ND:YAG laser (1064 nm)
Intense Pulsed Light (light based modality)
Alexandria main university hospital, Department of dermatology and venerology.
Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt
Compare the efficacy and safety of long-pulsed Nd-YAG laser and intense pulsed light in the treatment of traumatic and post-surgical erythematous scars.
The efficacy were assessed using the Patient and Observer scar assessment scale as well as subjective and objective assessment of scar erythema
Time frame: From enrollment to 3 months after last treatment sessions, where four sessions were given at four-week intervals.
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