Long-Term Remission of Folliculitis Decalvans After Treatment with the Long-Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser

July 2013 in “ Journal of dermatological treatment ”

Arne A. Meesters, JP Wietze Van der Veen, Albert Wolkerstorfer

folliculitis decalvans scarring alopecia long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser antibiotic treatments immunomodulatory treatments FD Nd:YAG laser

TLDR Laser therapy may effectively treat persistent scalp inflammation.

Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a rare inflammatory scalp disorder that often leads to scarring alopecia and is typically resistant to conventional antibiotic and immunomodulatory treatments. This document presented a case of persistent FD that achieved long-term remission following treatment with a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser, suggesting that this laser therapy could be a promising alternative for managing recalcitrant FD.

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