Nancy Hassan Aboelnour <br/><br/>
Efficacy of pulsed dye laser on acne vulgaris /  
 فاعلية أشعة الليزر ذو الصبغة النابضة على حب الشباب 
Nancy Hassan Aboelnour ; Supervised Wafaa Hussein Borhan , Hamed Abdallah Hamed 
 - Cairo :   Nancy Hassan Aboelnour ,   2014 
 - 148 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery 
<br/><br/> The current study was carried out to evaluate the efficacy of pulsed dye laser(PDL) in the treatment of acne vulgaris. Forty patients with acne vulgaris were randomly divided into two equal groups (PDL group and medication group). The methods of assessment included investigator's global assessment (IGA) and photographic method. For PDL Group, they received 3 sessions of PDL therapy with 4 weeks intreval plus topical aknemycin while medication group received only topical aknemycin. The results showed that there was significant decrease in acne counts in PDL group compared with the control group. In relation to IGA and photographic method the study revealed that the results obtained in study group were superior to that of control group. It was concluded that pulsed dye laser PDL was effective in controlling of acne vulgaris lesion 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Acne Vulgaris Investigator's global assessment (IGA) Pulsed dye laser (PDL)