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Efficacy and Safety of Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser for Treatment of Facial Freckles.

NCT01545869 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2014-04-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Freckles are clusters of melanin in the superficial epidermis. They affect mostly face and sun exposed areas, and appear as flat brown or red macules that fade in winter, usually in a fair complexion patient, but may be present in other skin types.

The gold standard in the industry for non-surgical facial rejuvenation, removal of wrinkles, pigmentation, and general sun damage has been the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser since the mid 1990s. The traditional CO2 laser was very effective, however it fell out of favor because it required general anesthesia. It also had a prolonged recovery time. Over the last several years, advances in technology known as fractional resurfacing has made the CO2 laser popular again: Fractional CO2 laser treatment is one of the newest laser rejuvenation technology. It proved successful in treatment of melasma, one of the pigmented dermatoses. To the best of our knowledge, based on a thorough search of literature, no clinical studies assessing fractional CO2 laser in treatment of freckles could be retrieved.

Conditions

  • Freckles

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Fractional carbon dioxide laser

SmartXide fractional carbon dioxide laser (DEKA, Florence, Italy). Parameters adjusted for: Power 20 watts, spacing 200 µsec, dwell time 300 µm, stacks 1.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Bakr M Elzawahry, MD · Cairo University

  • Vanessa G Hafez, MD · Cairo University

  • Aya Fahim, MBBCh · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2012-10-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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