白癜风患者可能希望激光脱毛,嫩肤,血管治疗,和其他激光或强脉冲光(IPL)辅助治疗。然而,有诱发新的色素减退的风险(Koebner现象)。在没有关于白癜风患者安全使用激光或IPL的指南的情况下,皮肤科医生往往不愿意进行这些治疗。这项调查研究的目的是提供激光/IPL诱导的白斑病或白癜风的发生和相关危险因素的估计。对来自11个国家的15名白癜风专家进行了横断面调查研究,有14个关于受影响患者的问题,涉及激光/IPL治疗和医生的方法。在总共11300名白癜风患者中,据报道,30例患者(0.27%)出现激光/IPL诱导的白斑病或白癜风.其中,12例(40%)患者有白癜风病史,其中7例(58%)患者在治疗前患有稳定(>12个月)白癜风。最常见的报道是脱毛程序和面部和腿部的定位。副作用比如起泡,结壳,56.7%的病例发生糜烂。这些白癜风专家根据他们的建议,对白癜风的稳定性(43%)和活动迹象(50%)的激光治疗的风险,50%的人在开始激光治疗前讨论风险。相关活动迹象为柯布纳现象(57.1%),纸屑样病变(57.1%)和低变色边界(50%)。激光诱导的白斑病或白癜风是一种罕见的现象。值得注意的是,少数人有白癜风病史,其中58%稳定。因此,大多数病例无法通过不治疗白癜风患者来预防。然而,大多数患有激光/IPL诱导的皮肤损伤.因此,建议谨慎使用积极的设置,建议在治疗前使用测试点。这项研究表明,白癜风专家关于激光/IPL诱导的白癜风或白癜风的当前建议和方法存在显着差异。
Vitiligo patients may desire laser hair removal, skin rejuvenation, vascular treatments, and other laser or intense pulsed light (IPL) assisted treatments. However, there is a risk of inducing new depigmented patches (Koebner phenomenon). In absence of guidelines on the safe use of laser or IPL in vitiligo patients, dermatologists tend to be reluctant to administer these treatments. The aim of this survey study was to provide an estimation of the occurrence and related risk factors of laser/IPL-induced
leukoderma or vitiligo. A cross-sectional survey study was performed among 15 vitiligo experts from 11 countries, with 14 questions about affected patients, involved laser/IPL treatments and the physicians\' approach. In a total of 11,300 vitiligo patients, laser/IPL-induced
leukoderma or vitiligo was reported in 30 patients (0.27%). Of these, 12 (40%) patients had a medical history of vitiligo and seven (58%) of these patients had stable (> 12 months) vitiligo before the treatment. Most frequently reported were hair removal procedures and localization of the face and legs. Side effects like blistering, crusting, and erosions occurred in 56.7% of the cases. These vitiligo experts based their advice on the risk of the laser treatment on stability of the vitiligo (43%) and activity signs (50%), and 50% discuss the risks before starting a laser treatment. Relevant activity signs are the Koebner phenomenon (57.1%), confetti-like lesions (57.1%) and hypochromic borders (50%). Laser-induced
leukoderma or vitiligo is an uncommon phenomenon. Remarkably, a minority had a medical history of vitiligo of which 58% were stable. Consequently, most cases could not have been prevented by not treating vitiligo patients. However, a majority had laser/IPL-induced skin damage. Therefore, caution is advised with aggressive settings and test-spots prior to the treatment are recommended. This study showed significant variation in the current recommendations and approach of vitiligo experts regarding laser/IPL-induced
leukoderma or vitiligo.