BACKGROUND: One of the important and distressing cutaneous side effects of @entity479 therapy is @entity272 , which has no definite and effective treatment. To the best of our knowledge, laser therapy for @entity479 -induced @entity2318 has not been investigated to date. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pulsed dye laser in the treatment of @entity479 -induced @entity2318 . METHODS: In this pilot study, 15 @entity1 with at least one @entity3202 patch were treated with the 585-nm pulsed dye laser at 4-week interval sessions until achieving complete improvement or until @entity1 were lost to follow-up. Clinical outcome was assessed via standard photographic method before each treatment session and after the final visit. An independent dermatologist evaluated the photographs. RESULT: All of the @entity1 (13 females and two males) with 25-59  years of age experienced some degree of improvement, except one @entity1 who withdrew from the treatment after three sessions. The treatment was well tolerated. CONCLUSION: The results of our study indicated that pulsed dye laser therapy could be employed as a new method in the treatment of @entity479 -induced @entity2318 . Pulsed dye laser might affect the lesions through inducing collagen deposition and production of more superficial dermal @entity2362 as well as less unidirectional collagen in clusters.

Pulsed dye laser in treatment of XXXX -induced atrophy.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity2362 :: ('2006', 'Gene') :: ['elastin'] @entity2318 :: ('MESH:D002921', 'Disease') :: ['atrophic scars'] @entity3202 :: ('MESH:D016109', 'Disease') :: ['atrophic'] @entity272 :: ('MESH:D012871', 'Disease') :: ['skin atrophy'] @entity479 :: ('D013256', 'Chemical') :: ['steroid']
@entity479 :: (D013256,Chemical) :: ['steroid']
