Evaluation of Effectiveness of Diode Laser System (808 nm) versus Intense Pulse Light (IPL) in the Management of Unwanted Hair: A Split Face Comparative Study
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53547#.VMiF7SzQrzE Author(s) Hayder R. AL-Hamamy 1 , Anmar Z. Saleh 2 , Zahra A. Rashed 2* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq . 2 Department of Medical Physics, College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq . ABSTRACT We have evaluated and compared the effectiveness of diode laser system (808 nm) and Intense Pulse Light (IPL) system (690 - 1200 nm) by studying the change in hair density, and the time of regrowth the hair. A total of 26 have completed three months’ treatment, aged 16 - 50 years. Patients were treated by diode laser 808 nm and IPL 690 - 1200 nm devices. Pulse repetition rate for both was 1 Hz and short pulse width for diode laser and the IPL pulse width was 15 ms. The fluence was (33 - 41 and 30 - 41) J/cm2 respectively. A split face ...