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Treatment of xanthelasma by excision with secondary intention healing
Author(s) -
EEDY D.J.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1996.tb00092.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wound healing , surgery , surgical excision , dermatology
Summary Twenty‐eight patients with cosmetically compromising xanthelasma were treated by excision of the involved skin, the areas then being‐ allowed to heal by secondary intention. All patients had a good cosmetic result, those having previously undergone treatment with trichloroacetic acid chemical peels considering the new method more effective in clearing their lesions despite increased treatment morbidity in the first few weeks. Complications included recurrence in two patients, easily dealt with by re‐treatment, and scarring in one patient, which settled with massage and was not cosmetically compromising. It is suggested that treatment of xanthelasma by excision and secondary intention healing is an inexpensive, effective and safe treatment for this common cosmetic problem.