Objectives: The authors illustrate, all the diagnostic and laser technical solutions that can facilitate treatment with laser systems in subjects of any skin colour minimizing the risk of side effects, such as PIH, keeping the same efficacy profile.
Introduction: Nowadays the knowledge of the patient racial origin, and that one of parents and grandparents, should be always matched with a detailed “skin imaging report” to determine appropriate laser treatment modalities.
Materials / method: Indo-Pakistanis, Africans and Asians, Aboriginals and Mullatoes patients have a higher tendency to develop hypo and above all post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) then Europeans, Nordics and Mediterraneans. The treatment of these potentially dangerous candidates requires a management by expert hands, opportune instruments and proper parameters .
The high performance 3D imaging systems provide life-like high quality 3D reconstruction images. This system includes an image management software with superior photo documentation capabilities to visualize, analyse and archive 3D images.
Results: With the 3D Analysis module, we can now detect and precisely quantify subtle changes quicky and easily about roughness measurements, volumes, 3D surfaces, pigmentations and vascular components.
Moreover the possibility to achieve remarkable results with a very low risk of side effects can depend on the features of the laser device employed.
Conclusion: The new generation Alexandrite laser, equipped with a special 7 mm handpiece integrated with a cooling system sapphire, turned out to be a promising and safe technique for the removal of cutaneous pigmentations.
Disclosures
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This work was not supported by any direct or non direct funding. It is under the author's own responsability