Treatment of Nevus of Ota in Fitzpatrick skin type VI with the 1064-nm QS Nd:YAG laser. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • BACKGROUND: Nevus of Ota is a pigmented lesion that usually presents at birth. Due to a greater risk for complications, physicians have not always utilized laser therapy to treat these nevi in patients with darker skin types. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the 1,064-nm Q-switched neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (QS Nd:YAG) laser for the treatment of Nevus of Ota in two patients with Fitzpatrick skin type (FST) VI. RESULTS: After 4-13 treatment sessions with the 1,064-nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with a 4 mm spot size and fluence of 4-4.2 J/cm(2), two patients with FST VI noted substantial improvement in the appearance of the nevi. CONCLUSION: At conservative treatment settings, these two case reports have shown that the 1,064-nm QS Nd:YAG laser can be utilized to safely and effectively treat Nevus of Ota in individuals with FST IV-VI.

publication date

  • February 1, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Lasers, Solid-State
  • Nevus of Ota
  • Skin Neoplasms
  • Skin Pigmentation

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 79952436365

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/lsm.21011

PubMed ID

  • 21384385

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 43

issue

  • 2