Open AccessIntense pulsed light therapy for acne-induced post-inflammatory erythema
Author(s) -
Minu L Mathew,
Rajiv Karthik,
M Mallikarjun,
Soumya Bhute,
Aiswarya Liz Varghese
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/idoj.idoj_306_17
Subject(s) - medicine , intense pulsed light , erythema , acne , dermatology , wilcoxon signed rank test , adverse effect , hyperpigmentation , hypopigmentation , mann–whitney u test
Intense pulsed light (IPL) is a comparatively new system of practice in treating acne-induced post inflammatory erythema (PIE) which is a difficult condition to treat, and variations exist in the results from published studies with insufficient or limited scientific evidence of IPL on Indian skin.