@article {Chui:January 1999:1076-0512:34,
	author = "Chui C.T.",
	author = "Berger T.G.",
	author = "Price V.H.",
	author = "Zachary C.B.",
	author = "FRCP",
	title = "Recalcitrant Scarring Follicular Disorders Treated by Laser-Assisted Hair Removal: A Preliminary Report",
	journal = "Dermatologic Surgery",
	volume = "25",
	year = "January 1999",
	abstract = "background.<P>Recalcitrant scarring follicular disorders have been treated previously by removing hair follicles both surgically by scalp resection with skin grafting and with X-ray epilation. Laser-assisted hair removal may provide an alternate method of hair removal with less associated morbidity.</P>objective.<P>The goal is to determine whether laser-assisted hair removal can be used to treat follicular inflammatory disorders by destroying hair follicles.</P>methods.<P>Three patients with various scarring follicular disorders (dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, keratosis pilaris spinulosa decalvans, and pseudofolliculitis barbae) were treated with the long-pulse non-Q-switched ruby laser and followed clinically.</P>results.<P>The patients tolerated the treatments well without significant side effects and noted improvement of their condition along with decreased hair growth in the treated area.</P>conclusion.<P>Laser-assisted hair removal may provide a safe, effective means of treating recalcitrant follicular disorders.</P>",
	pages = "34-37(4)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/dsu/1999/00000025/00000001/art08100"
}