An Innovative Therapeutic Protocol for Vitiligo: Experience with the Use of Fraxel Herbium Laser, Topical Latanoprost and Successive Irradiation with UVA - 1 Laser

Torello Lotti; Uwe Wollina; Georgi Tchernev; Yan Valle; Jacopo Lotti; Katlein FranÃ§a; Francesca Satolli; Miriam Rovesti; Michael Tirant; Ilia Lozev; Ivan Pidakev; Serena Gianfaldoni

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2018.059

Authors

Torello Lotti University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome
Uwe Wollina StÃ¤dtisches Klinikum Dresden, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Dresden, Sachsen
Georgi Tchernev Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior Department of General, Vascular and Abdominal Surgery, Sofia; Onkoderma - Policlinic for Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Sofia
Yan Valle Vitiligo Research Foundation, New York
Jacopo Lotti University G. Marconi of Rome - Dept. of Nuclear, Subnuclear and Radiation Physics, Rome
Katlein FranÃ§a University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136-1015
Francesca Satolli Universita degli Studi di Parma Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Department of Dermatology, University of Parma, Parma
Miriam Rovesti Universita degli Studi di Parma Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Department of Dermatology, University of Parma, Parma
Michael Tirant Psoriasis & Skin Clinic, 374 Nepean Highway Frankston Victoria, Melbourne
Ilia Lozev Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior, Department of General, Vascular and Abdominal Surgery,General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia
Ivan Pidakev Medical Institute of Ministry of Interior, Department of General, Vascular and Abdominal Surgery,General Skobelev 79, 1606 Sofia
Serena Gianfaldoni University G. Marconi of Rome - Dermatology and Venereology, University G. Marconi of Rome, Rome

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2018.059

Keywords:

Vitiligo, Fraxel Herbium laser, Latanoprost, UVA1 laser, Repigmentation

Abstract

Despite the continuous introduction of innovative therapies for vitiligo, today none of them provide constant and excellent results in term of repigmentation. The authors report their experience in treating a localised form of vitiligo with a new protocol consisting in the use of a Fraxel Herbium laser, and in the following application of topical Latanoprost solution and, one day after, in lesional irradiation with UVA1 laser.

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