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Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2018 Jan 21;6(1):49-51. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.059. eCollection 2018 Jan 25.

An Innovative Therapeutic Protocol for Vitiligo: Experience with the Use of Fraxel Herbium Laser, Topical Latanoprost and Successive Irradiation with UVA - 1 Laser.

Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences

Torello Lotti, Uwe Wollina, Georgi Tchernev, Yan Valle, Jacopo Lotti, Katlein França, Francesca Satolli, Miriam Rovesti, Michael Tirant, Ilia Lozev, Ivan Pidakev, Serena Gianfaldoni

Affiliations

  1. University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome, Italy.
  2. Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany.
  3. Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior Department of General, Vascular and Abdominal Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  4. Onkoderma - Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  5. Vitiligo Research Foundation, New York, United States.
  6. University G. Marconi of Rome - Dept. of Nuclear, Subnuclear and Radiation Physics, Rome, Italy.
  7. University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136-1015 United States and Centro Studi per la Ricerca Multidisciplinare e Rigenerativa, Università Degli Studi "G. Marconi", Rome, Italy.
  8. Universita degli Studi di Parma Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Department of Dermatology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
  9. Psoriasis & Skin Clinic, 374 Nepean Highway Frankston Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
  10. Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior, Department of General, Vascular and Abdominal Surgery, General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia, Bulgaria.
  11. University G. Marconi of Rome - Dermatology and Venereology, University G. Marconi of Rome, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 29483980 PMCID: PMC5816313 DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.059

Abstract

Despite the continuous introduction of innovative therapies for vitiligo, today none of them provide constant and excellent results in term of repigmentation. The authors report their experience in treating a localised form of vitiligo with a new protocol consisting in the use of a Fraxel Herbium laser, and in the following application of topical Latanoprost solution and, one day after, in lesional irradiation with UVA1 laser.

Keywords: Fraxel Herbium laser; Latanoprost; Repigmentation; UVA1 laser; Vitiligo

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