Title of article :
Non-medical treatments for inflammatory acne vulgaris: a comprehensive review on laser, radiofrequency and microneedling
Author/Authors :
Goodarzi, Azadeh Department of Dermatology - Rasoul Akram Hospital - Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
There are many patients with inflammatory acne vulgaris who
are not compliant or eligible to consume acne medications,
such as oral antibiotics or isotretinoin. PubMed and Medline
databases were searched for all related articles. All finding were
summarized and chronologically presented in the tables. Nonmedical
device-based therapies largely improve the treatment
of active inflammatory acne vulgaris, especially in patients who
are not compliant or eligible to consume acne medications, do
not respond to these drugs over a specified period of time, or
do not sustain in the remission phase.
Keywords :
photodynamic therapy (PDT) , microneedling , radiofrequency , laser , acne vulgaris
Journal title :
Iranian Journal of Dermatology