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Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
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Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
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Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
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This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability

Objectives: Describe the novel treatment for melasma for long term remission.

Introduction: Melasma may be refractory to therapy and superficial / medium depth peels or lasers have not proven to cause long term remission.

Materials / method: Retrospective series of 15 patients peeled at different concentrations of croton oil for deep peels.

Results: Deep chemical peeling are extraordinarily effective for long term remission of melasma. Hands-on training is mandatory for this medical procedure.

Conclusion: Larger studies are need.

Disclosures

Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
No

Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No
Please specify date...: Granted
and status : Novisol - emulsifier of phenol-croton oil in water

This work is presented thanks to the support of: International Peeling Society

Objectives: OBJECTIVE
The presentation is based on the various medical indications of chemical peels. At the end, the listener will be aware of the different conditions where and how chemical peels can be utilized to optimise treatment outcomes

Introduction: The potential for use of chemical peels in medical conditions is underutilized. Recently, there is a resurgence in the interest in chemical peels because they are affordable, easy to perform have faster healing time, are patient friendly and cost-effective. In addition they can be customized to suit individual requirements.

Materials / method: Chemical peels can be used for various medical indications such as acanthosis nigricans, xanthelasma palpebrarum, lichen planus pigmentosus, primary cutaneous amyloidosis, frictional melanosis, resistant dermatophytosis, ichthyosis, keratosis pilaris, acne and papulonodular rosacea. They are used as adjuvant therapy to optimize treatment and achieve faster response.

Results: The most important use is in chemoprevention for prevention, inhibition and recurrence of skin cancer. Based on the principle of field cancerization, they are being increasingly applied to the entire surface such as the scalp as part of chemexfoliation. Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) is the commonest agent used for chemexfoliation. This procedure is also useful in xeroderma pigmentosum to prevent skin cancers.

Conclusion: Though there is a resurgence in the use of chemical peels, high quality evidence for the use of chemical peels in all these medical conditions is lacking and further large scale trials is the need of the hour.

Disclosures

Did you receive any funding to support your research for this TOPIC?
No

Were you provided with any honoraria, payment or other compensation for your work on this study?
No

Do you have any financial relationship with any entity which may closely compete with the medications, materials or instruments covered by your study?
No

Do you own or have you applied for any patents in conjunction with the instruments, medications or materials discussed in your study?
No

This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability No disclosures