Toosi Parviz; Barikbin Behrooz; Arbabi Mohammad; Saati Siavash
Volume 10, Issue 2 , 2007, , Pages 125-129
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Background and aim: Appearance concerns are increasingly common. Indeed, clinical surveys in the private settings show that more and more people are dissatisfied with some aspects of their physical appearance. Concurrently, there is increasing demand for cosmetic specialists to perform procedures to ...
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Background and aim: Appearance concerns are increasingly common. Indeed, clinical surveys in the private settings show that more and more people are dissatisfied with some aspects of their physical appearance. Concurrently, there is increasing demand for cosmetic specialists to perform procedures to enhance physical appearance. It is hypothetized that body image and acceptance of cosmetic surgery in the individual's environment motivate patients to have cosmetic procedure. Current study aimed to determine the demographics and body image concerns in persons seeking botulinum toxin type A injection as a cosmetic enhancement in private dermatologic clinics.Materials and methods: A questionnaire survey was done on 116 applicants attending 13 private dermatologic practices in Tehran.Results: The level of academic education and employment of women seeking this procedure was significantly higher than the average Iranian women. Forty-four percent of applicants reported previous cosmetic surgery which was significantly related to the experience of surgery among their first degree relatives. The number of applicants 20-35 years old was twice the number observed in USA, in the same age group. Conclusion: The high number of applicants in lower age groups is significant in this study. The best predictors of motivation for this cosmetic procedure were the level of education and individual's environmental acceptance, not their income.
Toosi Parviz; Dadras Mohammad Shahidi; Sadiqha Afshin; Farshi Hamideh Moravej
Volume 9, Issue 4 , 2006, , Pages 324-330
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Background and aim: It is possible to use light sources suxh as lasers to destruct melanosomes and treat pigmented skin lesions. One of the most commonly used laser systems is Q switched ruby laser with a wave-length of 694 nm. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of the Q switched ruby ...
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Background and aim: It is possible to use light sources suxh as lasers to destruct melanosomes and treat pigmented skin lesions. One of the most commonly used laser systems is Q switched ruby laser with a wave-length of 694 nm. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of the Q switched ruby laser in the treatment of pigmented skin lesions including lentigines (simplex or solar) and café-au-lait macules.Materials and Methods: After physical examination for ruling out the possibility of malignancy by two dermatologists, patients were treated with Q switched ruby laser. Response to treatment was categorized in four groups of equal interval according to the 0-100% lesion lightening.Results: Ninetyy patients including 81 patients with solar lentigo and 9 cases of lentigo simplex were recruited into this study. Mean±standard deviation (SD) of the number of treatment sessions for solar lentigo and lentigo simplex cases were 1.0 ± 0.5 and 3.6 ± 1.3 , respectively. Although the mean of sessions was increased in darker skin types, there was no statistically significant difference between different skin types (p=0.335). In addition, there was no significant relation between mean treatment sessions and location of the lesions (p=0.685). Cure rate was 100% in all lentigo cases and after a mean ±SD of 8.7±2.3 months follow up there was no recurrence. Also, there was neither pigmentary change nor folliculitis during treatment. In 7 cases with café-au-lait macules, the mean±SD score of improvement was 2.4 ± 0.8, which was achieved after 3.1±0.4 treatment sessions. In 6 cases whom were followed up for 10.2 ± 3.1 months, despite primary disappearance, recurrence of café-au-lait macules was observed. Conclusion: It seems Q switched ruby laser is an appropriate method for treatment of lentiginous lesions in caucasians with Fitzpatrick's skin types II to IV.