Comparison of Stacked Pulses versus Double-Pass Treatments of Facial Acne with a 1,450-nm Laser

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Comparison of Stacked Pulses versus Double-Pass Treatments of Facial Acne with a 1,450-nm Laser
May 2007
NATHAN S. UEBELHOER DO, MELISSA A. BOGLE MD, JEFFREY S. DOVER MD, KENNETH A. ARNDT MD, THOMAS E. ROHRER MD
Dermatologic Surgery

BACKGROUND Although effective as a monotherapy for the treatment of inflammatory acne, the 1,450-nm diode laser is associated with considerable pain at higher fluences.

MATERIALS AND METHODS Eleven subjects were treated with a 1,450-nm diode laser in a split-face bilateral paired acne study. One-half of the face received a single-pass consisting of stacked double pulses. The other side received a double-pass treatment of single pulses. Settings were 11 J/cm2 or lower as tolerated with appropriate dynamic cooling device (range 25Ò35).

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