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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?
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

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

Objectives: Dermoscopy is a well known non-invasive method for the in vivo study of pigmented skin lesions. This technique allows for viewing the parameters that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye. Over recent years dermoscopy has proved to be extremely useful even on dermatological pathologies of an inflammatory origin and skin parasitosis. Over the last decade, the rapid development of new laser technologies has brought radical changes to clinical practice in dermatology.

Introduction: At the present time, laser and IPL equipements are able to resolve often disfiguring skin problems, with excellent patient compliance and shorter recovery times, thus replacing conventional surgical therapies which are not able to guarantee the same results. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the validity of dermoscopy before, during and after treatments with laser and/or IPL.

Materials / method: One hundred and fifty patients (93 females – 57 males), Fitzpatrick skintypes I–IV with an age ranged from 16 to 82 years (median age 48.4), have been consecutively treated in a period between 2015 and 2019 for many skin lesions with different laser sources (CO2, Fractional CO2, Dye, Q-switched, Nd:Yag) and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL). Dermoscopic digital images of all patients were taken at the initial visit, immediately after each session by using a digital camera equipped with a special dermoscopic objective .

Results: Our results demonstrated the possibility to predict the efficacy of each treatment performed by different laser sources or IPL. In particular, the absence of residual lesion or modification of the scar's tissue after surgical or fractional laser procedure, the pop-corn effect in solar lentigines, melasma and tattoos after Q-Switched, the variation of color of brownish spots or vessels after IPL are demonstration of efficacy of specific method.

Conclusion: In conclusion, we would like to underline how the dermoscopic exam resulted versatile, simple and effective in the clinical practice thus we emphasise its use in a routinely protocol to predict the result of specific laser and/or IPL treatment.

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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?
Yes
Please specify entities (individual, company, society): Deka Mela srl

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

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

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

Objectives: Knowing the Different Shapes of Telangiectasia under the Dermoscope
Differentiating Different Skin Lesions Presenting with Telangiectasia as one of their predominant Features

Introduction: Telangiectasia is a predominant features of many dermatoses. By dermoscopic examination telangiectasia have many shapes and patterns.

Materials / method: Review of the literature on dermoscopic appearance of telangiectasia and its value in diagnosis of different dermatoses and how it adds up with other dermoscopic features to reach a dermoscopic diagnosis of different skin conditions.

Results: Different shapes and patterns of blood vessels can give strong clue to diagnosis of many skin lesions especially non pigmented ones. Adding up the pieces of the dermoscopic signs helps solving the dermoscopic puzzle of the diagnosis of many lesions especially when added to the clinical context serving as a very important indispensable tool in contemporary clinical practice.

Conclusion: Dermoscopy is an essential tool in examination of literally every skin lesion especially those clinically showing surface telangiectasia.

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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

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