Does someone know this laser report that appears at the November 2004 Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. This is the link:
www.eblue.org/scripts/om.dll/serve?action=searchDB&searchDBfor=art&artType=abs&id=as0190962204012757&nav=abs&special=hilite&query=%5Ball_fields%5D%28reticular+erythema%2C%29
Perhaps it would be interesting that Andrea (if she can) put this complete report in hairfacts.com.
The findings on the site are briefly stated:
November 2004 • Volume 51 • Number 5
Laser Surgery
Reticulate erythema following diode laser-assisted hair removal: A new side effect of a common procedure
Moshe Lapidoth, MD
Gal Shafirstein, PhD
Dan Ben Amitai, MD
Emmilia Hodak, MD
Milton Waner, MD
Michael David, MD
The popularity of laser-assisted hair removal has grown rapidly since April 3, 1995 when the Food and Drug Administration approved the introduction of the first hair removal laser system. Lasers with wavelengths in the red and infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum are most often used for hair removal because they effectively target melanin in the hair follicle and can potentially penetrate to the appropriate depth of the dermis. Despite all efforts to protect the skin from damage, photoepilation may result in clinically significant adverse reactions. The most common and known side effects of laser hair removal include transient erythema, perifollicular edema, pain, folliculitis, hyper-pigmentation, hypopigmentation, crusting, purpura, erosions and scarring.1
The present report describes the appearance of a reticulate erythema after diode laser treatment for hair removal, encountered in 10 patients in our clinics in London and Israel. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of this side effect. The aim of this work is to detail the clinical manifestations, histological findings, and follow-up of these patients in order to expand the clinical spectrum of laser-assisted hair removal side effects and to alert dermatologists to the possibility of this type of net-like erythema.
I have put this here because web sites of this type are nororious for closing down, or moving to the archives
Putting full text articles in here is a copyright violation. I will see about getting a copy and summarizing it.