Light-Based Therapies for Skin of Color

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Principles of Light-Skin Interactions

   • Marjorie F. Yang, Valery V. Tuchin, Anna N. Yaroslavsky

   Pages 1-44

3. Photoaging in Skin of Color

   • Mary F. Bennett, Kevin D. Cooper

   Pages 45-81

4. Endogenous Protection by Melanin

   • Bernhard Ortel, Mark Racz, Deborah Lang, Pier G. Calzavara-Pinton

   Pages 83-109

5. Photoprotection in Non-Caucasian Skin

   • Diana Santo Domingo, Mary S. Matsui

   Pages 111-134

6. Light Treatment of Follicular Disorders in Dark Skin

   • Bassel H. Mahmoud, Iltefat H. Hamzavi

   Pages 135-169

7. Phototherapy for Vitiligo

   • Camile L. Hexsel, Richard H. Huggins, Henry W. Lim

   Pages 171-187

8. Lasers and Light Therapies for Pigmentation

   • Malcolm S. Ke

   Pages 189-203

9. Light Therapies for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma

   • Katalin Ferenczi, Elma D. Baron

   Pages 205-247

10. Light Treatment and Photodynamic Therapy in Acne Patients with Pigmented Skin

    • Vicente Torres, Luis Torezan

    Pages 249-261

11. Clinical Application of Intense Pulsed Light in Asian Patients

    • Yuan-Hong Li, Yan Wu, Hong-Duo Chen

    Pages 263-276

12. Back Matter

    Pages 277-284

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Light-based therapies have been a major component of dermatologic practice. Historically, these treatment modalities have been mainly tailored to the treatment of patients with light skin. Principles governing use of light therapies in skin of color are less defined. However, there is a tremendous need to understand the benefits and limitations of these therapeutic options for dark-skinned patients as well. Demographic data in the United States alone indicate that the population and recipients of health care are rapidly changing with regard to skin phototype. Physicians who are involved in the delivery of care for patients with cutaneous problems that can be addressed by light treatments need to be able to fully understand the mechanisms, applications, risks, efficacy, adverse events, and other pertinent issues in considering treatment options for their patients with pigmented skin.

• Laser
• laser treatment
• psoriasis
• skin
• therapy

Aus den Rezensionen: “Im Vorwort Ihres Buches weisen die Autoren darauf hin, dass im Gegensatz zu hellhäutigen Menschen vom Kaukasischen Typ die ‘biologischen Effekte des Lichtes‘ auf pigmentierter Haut nicht ausreichend verstanden sind. ... Einige Autoren stellen die Anwendung der Lichttherapie in verschiedenen Hauttypen auf der Basis von Biochemie … Besonders die Ausführungen zu follikulären Erkrankungen, zu der hypopigmentierten Variante des cutanen T-Cell-Lymphoms, aber auch die Verwendung von Lasern ... waren besonders interessant. ... Insgesamt hat der Text mehrere nützliche Tabellen, Abbildungen und auch therapeutische Perlen ...“ (Roselyn E. Epps, in: JDDG Journal der Deutsche Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, 2010, Vol. 8, Issue 3, S. 220)

Policies and ethics