Light-Based Devices for the Treatment of Facial Erythema and Telangiectasia

Vani Yepuri; Anant D Patil; Klaus Fritz; Carmen Salavastru; George Kroumpouzos; Steven Paul Nisticò; Domenico Piccolo; Ahmed Sadek; Ashraf Badawi; Martin Kassir; Michael H Gold; Stephan Große-Büning; Stephan Grabbe; Mohamad Goldust

doi:10.1007/s13555-021-00607-8

Light-Based Devices for the Treatment of Facial Erythema and Telangiectasia

Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2021 Dec;11(6):1879-1887. doi: 10.1007/s13555-021-00607-8. Epub 2021 Sep 25.

Authors

Vani Yepuri¹, Anant D Patil², Klaus Fritz^{3

4}, Carmen Salavastru^{4

5}, George Kroumpouzos^{6

7

8}, Steven Paul Nisticò⁹, Domenico Piccolo¹⁰, Ahmed Sadek¹¹, Ashraf Badawi^{12

13

14}, Martin Kassir¹⁵, Michael H Gold¹⁶, Stephan Große-Büning¹⁷, Stephan Grabbe¹⁸, Mohamad Goldust¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Venkat Charmalaya, Centre for Advanced Dermatology and Post Graduate Training, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Pharmacology, Dr. DY Patil Medical College, Navi Mumbai, India.
³ Dermatology and Laser Center, Reduitstr. 13, 76829, Landau, Germany.
⁴ "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 37 Dionisie Lupu Str, 020021, Bucharest, Romania.
⁵ "Colentina" Clinical Hospital, Pediatric Dermatology Discipline, Dermato-Oncology Research Facility, 19-21 Stefan cel Mare Str, Bucharest, Romania.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode, Island.
⁷ Department of Dermatology, Medical School of Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁸ GK Dermatology, PC, South Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
⁹ Dermatology Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, 88100, Catanzaro, Italy.
¹⁰ Skin Center-Dermo Aesthetic Laser Centers, Avezzano, Italy.
¹¹ Cairo Hospital for Dermatology and Venereology (Al-Haud Al-Marsoud) Manager, Cairo, Egypt.
¹² Medical Laser Applications, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
¹³ Dermatology and Allergology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Szeged University, Szeged, Hungary.
¹⁴ , Oakville, Canada.
¹⁵ Worldwide Laser Institute, Dallas, USA.
¹⁶ Gold Skin Care Center, Tennessee Clinical Research Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
¹⁹ Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany. mgoldust@uni-mainz.de.

Abstract

Facial erythema is one of the most common outpatient complaints in dermatology. There are various causes of facial erythema and several devices are available for its treatment. Pulsed dye laser (PDL) and intense pulsed light (IPL) are the two common light devices used for these conditions. In this review, we evaluated the literature to assess efficacy of IPL versus PDL in facial erythema and telangiectasia. We searched published articles including clinical trials or reviews articles, case series, and case reports. Electronic databases (MEDLINE and PubMed) were searched to retrieve the articles. Reference lists of selected articles were also considered for the review. Articles published in English language until June 2021 were considered for this review.

Keywords: Efficacy; Facial erythema; Purpura; Teleangiectasia.

Publication types

Review