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BACKGROUND: Lasers with long wavelengths are less well absorbed by melanin and are considered to be particularly suitable for hair removal in dark-skinned patients. OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and complications of 800 nm diode and long-pulsed 1064 nm Nd:YAG lasers in laser-assisted hair removal in Chinese patients. METHODS: Fifteen women had hair removal treatments (13 axillae and 2 legs) with diode laser on one side and Nd:YAG laser on the other. They were followed up for 36 weeks. Subjective assessments included the degree of immediate pain and the degree of hair regrowth. Clinical photographs were taken for evaluation by two independent observers to assess complications and the degree of hair regrowth. RESULTS: Long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser was found to be significantly associated with a greater degree of immediate pain after laser surgery (P =.0001, independent sample t-test) and also had a longer laser time (P =.0001, independent sample t-test). Besides transit adverse effects such as erythema and perifollicular edema, only one patient developed hypopigmentation at week 6 which resolved by week 36. Although regrowth rates were low at week 6 (subjective rates were 23% and 19% for Nd:YAG and diode laser, respectively), most patients had significant regrowth at week 36 (subjective regrowth rate 91% for both long-pulsed Nd:YAG and diode lasers). CONCLUSION: Diode 800 nm and Nd:YAG 1064 nm lasers are safe in laser-assisted hair removal in Chinese patients, and besides immediate pain, there was no other significant adverse effect. Most patients experienced regrowth 36 weeks after a single treatment. Further study is necessary to determine the long-term clinical efficacy and complications of laser-assisted hair removal with these systems in dark-skinned patients.

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J Natl Cancer Inst. 2001 Dec 19;93(24):1858-64.
Effect of adenovirus-mediated expression of Sonic hedgehog gene on hair regrowth in mice with chemotherapy-induced alopecia.

Sato N, Leopold PL, Crystal RG.

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA.

BACKGROUND: The Sonic hedgehog (Shh) gene is involved in the initiation of hair growth. We have shown that localized, transient, enhanced expression of the Shh gene in mouse skin mediated by an adenovirus (AdShh) vector accelerates initiation of the anagen (i.e., growth) phase of hair follicle development. Because hair regrowth in chemotherapy-induced alopecia is associated with follicle cell proliferation and active melanogenesis similar to that observed in the anagen phase of normal hair growth, we examined whether AdShh-mediated Shh expression would accelerate hair regrowth in the skin of mice with chemotherapy-induced alopecia. METHODS: After establishment of cyclophosphamide-induced alopecia, in either 3- or 7-week-old mice, AdShh or a control vector (AdNull) was delivered to dorsal skin by intradermal injection. Hair regrowth and melanogenesis were assessed by histology and gross morphology. Fisher's exact test was used to compare differences in outcomes between AdShh-treated and control (AdNull-treated or not injected with any vector [naive]) mice. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: Northern blot analysis confirmed enhanced Shh expression after AdShh administration in 7-week-old mice. Two weeks after AdShh administration, the injection site (all of five mice) showed large, anagen-phase hair follicles with a normal distribution of melanin. In contrast, both skin treated with AdNull (all of five mice) and skin from naive mice (all of five mice) showed dystrophic hair follicles with irregular distribution of melanin (P<.001 in both comparisons). Gross morphologic observations confirmed that AdShh-treated mice, but not naive mice or AdNull-treated mice, showed skin darkening at the injection site indicative of entry into anagen phase (P<.001 in both comparisons). AdShh treatment of 3-week-old mice with cyclophosphamide-induced alopecia was followed by accelerated hair follicle recovery (19 of 22 mice); such recovery was not observed at this rate in AdNull-treated or naive skin (P<.001 for both comparisons). CONCLUSION: Localized, transient, enhanced expression of Shh gene in skin, mediated by an adenovirus vector, might be a future strategy to accelerate hair follicle regrowth after chemotherapy-induced alopecia.

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Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Jan 18;290(2):696-700.
Expression of prostaglandin E(2) receptor subtypes in mouse hair follicles.

Torii E, Segi E, Sugimoto Y, Takahashi K, Kabashima K, Ikai K, Ichikawa A.

Department of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.

We investigated the mRNA distribution of the prostaglandin (PG) E(2) receptor subtypes and cyclooxygenases (COXs) in hair follicles of the mouse dorsal skin. In the 3-week hair follicles, which are in the anagen phase, EP3 and EP4 mRNA were expressed in the dermal papilla cells and the outer root sheath cells located in the hair bulb region, respectively. In the 8-week hair follicles, which are in the telogen phase, the signals for both EP3 and EP4 mRNAs had disappeared. To study the hair cycle-dependent expression of mRNAs for the EPs and COXs, an area of dorsal hair was depilated from 8-week-old mice. On days 8 and 12 after depilation, EP3 and EP4 mRNA were reexpressed in the dermal papilla cells and the outer root sheath cells, and the induction of COX-2 mRNA was also observed in the outer root sheath cells, the upper area of EP4 expression site. These results suggest that EP3 and EP4 receptors may involve in the development and regrowth of the hair follicles.

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