J Korean Soc Aesthetic Plast Surg.  1999 Sep;5(2):340-347.

CORRECTION OF LOW ANTERIOR HAIR LINE WITH LONG PULSED INFRARED ALEXANDRITE LASER

• Youn BJ
• Hong IP
• Kim JH
• Kim NH
• Shim YK

Abstract

A various type of hairline and height of forehead is considered as a result of genetic effect. The conventional corrective surgical operation of low hairline in forehead has been too complicated and painful to apply, and also has many disadvantages such as scar, bleeding, risks of anesthesia. Recently four classes of devices are designed to remove hair with intense light beam : Nd-Yag lasers with carbon cream, the Ruby lasers, the Alexandrite lasers, and the polychromic broad band light source of flashlamp technology. The goal of these therapeutic modality is to destroy the melanin pigment selectively in hair follicle without injuring the skin for permanent epilation. We have been used long pulse infrared Alexandrite laser for treat low hair line in 27 patients from Dec. 1997 to Dec. 1998. We experienced 3 cases of temporary hyperpigmentation and 1 case of bulla, and the most of patients were satisfied in 89%. The average lengthening of forehead was 2.2cm (median line) and 2.3cm (paramedian line). We achieved successful result without permanent hyperpigmentation or scarring

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Carbon
Cicatrix
Forehead
Hair Follicle
Hair Removal
Hair*
Hemorrhage
Humans
Hyperpigmentation
Lasers, Solid-State*
Melanins
Skin
Carbon
Melanins