A Randomized Bilateral Vehicle-Controlled Study of Eflornithine Cream Combined with Laser Treatment Versus Laser Treatment Alone for Facial Hirsutism in Women
February 2007
in “
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
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Studysummary This study found that adding topical eflornithine to laser hair removal significantly improved the reduction of unwanted facial hair in women over a 6-month period, compared to laser treatment alone.
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This study investigated the effectiveness of combining eflornithine cream with laser treatment for facial hirsutism in women, compared to laser treatment alone. Conducted as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study with 31 participants, it found that the combination of eflornithine and laser treatment resulted in significantly better hair removal outcomes. At the study's conclusion, 93.5% of the eflornithine-laser treated sites achieved complete or almost complete hair removal, compared to 67.9% for the placebo-laser treated sites. The study demonstrated that adding eflornithine to laser treatment led to a more rapid and complete reduction of unwanted facial hair over a 6-month period. However, it did not assess the long-term durability of these results beyond 6 months.
