70% Trichloroacetic Acid in the Treatment of Facial Sebaceous Hyperplasia
The present paper highlights the usefulness of 70% trichloroacetic acid in treating sebaceous hyperplasia in elderly patients. Esthetics are an important issue, and different therapeutic modalities can be used, such as systemic isotretinoin, surgical excision, electrocautery, cryosurgery, topical ph...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sciendo
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2018-0024 |
| Summary: | The present paper highlights the usefulness of 70% trichloroacetic acid in treating sebaceous hyperplasia in elderly patients. Esthetics are an important issue, and different therapeutic modalities can be used, such as systemic isotretinoin, surgical excision, electrocautery, cryosurgery, topical photodynamic therapy and laser, but all these methods are expansive and invasive procedures that may result in scars, which are more extensive than the original lesions. |
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| ISSN: | 2501-8132 |