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ArticleJournal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery

A comparative study of fractional CO

Harish Prasanna, Rajashekar Talari Srinivas, Suresh Kumar Kuppuswamy, Hanumanthayya Keloji, Pavithra Thotta Ravikumar

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Article in Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Fractionated COLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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Harish PrasannaDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
Rajashekar Talari SrinivasDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
Suresh Kumar KuppuswamyDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
Hanumanthayya KelojiDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India.
Pavithra Thotta RavikumarDepartment of Dermatology Venereology and Leprosy, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kolar, Karnataka, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Alopecia areata (AA) is a non-scarring alopecia of chronic autoimmune etiology with heterogenous severity against the anagen hair follicle over the scalp, beard, or any part of the body and is associated with a significant psychological morbidity in the mental status of the patients leading the patients to seek treatment for cosmetic reasons. The management of AA is very unpredictable and is associated with various cosmetic adverse effects. This study aimed at comparing the efficacy and safety of a novel procedure of laser-assisted drug delivery system of steroids with the first-line procedure of intralesional steroids (ILS) for the treatment of patchy AA. Aims and Objectives: To assess and compare the efficacy and safety of fractional CO Materials and Methods: A total of 60 patchy AA patients were included in this study. Patients were randomized into two equal groups: Group A and Group B with 30 patients in each group using a computer-generated block randomization. Patients in Group A received fractional CO Results: Efficacy of treatment modality-assessed using means score of GPA-scale and LAD score improvement % suggests quicker results to patients in Group B in initial settings but drastic improvement happens to patients in Group A in subsequent settings. At the end of 5th setting, GPA-scale and LAD score improvement % suggest maximum efficacy in patients in Group A and they are statistically significant ( Conclusion: This study showed that fractional CO

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Alopecia areatacombination therapyfractional CO2 laserintralesional steroidslaser-assisted drug delivery

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