Single Center Experience with Potassium-titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser for superficial cutaneous vascular lesions in face.

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Single Center Experience with Potassium-titanyl phosphate (KTP) laser for superficial cutaneous vascular lesions in face.

J Cosmet Laser Ther. 2016 Jun 28;:1-17

Authors: Solak B, Dikicier BS, Kara RO, Erdem T

Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Superficial cutaneous vascular lesions (SCVL) are quite common. Several types of lasers have been used to treat these lesions; however, there are no dedicated treatment guidelines and few studies in the literature addressed their treatment.
AIMS: In this paper we aimed to report our clinical experience with Potassium-titanyl phosphate KTP laser treatment on different types of facial SCVLs including telangiectasia, spider angioma and erythema.
METHODS: Data were retrospectively collected from 146 patients with SCVLs who had been treated with the 532-nm wavelength laser at our outpatient dermatology clinic. Treatment responses were graded as four groups; clearance (>75% improvement compared with the previous session), marked improvement (50-75%), partial improvement (25-50%), and no response (<25%).
RESULTS: The rate of clearance plus marked improvement (favorable outcome) was 66.1% for telangiectasia group, 93.5% for spider angioma group and 26.7% for erythema group. Mean number of treatments was 2.9 ± 1.4 for telangiectasia group, 1.4 ± 0.8 for spider angioma group, and 2.9 ± 1.7 for facial erythema group. Only minimal adverse effects related to treatment procedure were detected in 5 out of 146 (3.4%) patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrated that KTP laser may be a safe and effective laser modality for superficial cutaneous vascular lesions which may be associated with physiological problems due to cosmetic concerns.

PMID: 27351074 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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