TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term remission of folliculitis decalvans after treatment with the long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser
AU - Meesters, Arne A.
AU - van der Veen, J. P. Wietze
AU - Wolkerstorfer, Albert
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a rare inflammatory scalp disorder presenting with tufted folliculitis, follicular papules and pustules, progressing to cicatricial alopecia. Current treatments mainly consist of antibiotic and immunomodulatory therapies and are often disappointing. FD has previously shown to respond to treatment with neodymium:yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) laser in one case. We present a case of recalcitrant FD, successfully treated with a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser
AB - Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a rare inflammatory scalp disorder presenting with tufted folliculitis, follicular papules and pustules, progressing to cicatricial alopecia. Current treatments mainly consist of antibiotic and immunomodulatory therapies and are often disappointing. FD has previously shown to respond to treatment with neodymium:yttrium aluminium garnet (Nd:YAG) laser in one case. We present a case of recalcitrant FD, successfully treated with a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser
U2 - https://doi.org/10.3109/09546634.2013.826340
DO - https://doi.org/10.3109/09546634.2013.826340
M3 - Article
C2 - 23875611
SN - 0954-6634
VL - 25
SP - 167
EP - 168
JO - Journal of Dermatological Treatment
JF - Journal of Dermatological Treatment
IS - 2
ER -