A case report of Hailey-Hailey disease treated with fractional carbon dioxide laser

Successful Treatment of Hailey-Hailey Disease with a Scanned Carbon Dioxide Laser

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Successful treatment of Hailey-Hailey disease with a scanned carbon dioxide laser.

Carbon dioxide laser treatment in Hailey-Hailey disease: a series of 8 patients.

BACKGROUND Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD), or benign familial pemphigus, is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis characterized by the formation of blisters. Eruptions are usually located in large skin folds, and when blisters become infected the condition can be very painful and disabling. HHD is difficult to treat. Many topical and systemic treatments have been used to bring exacerbations und...

Hailey-Hailey Disease Treated with Topical Tacalcitol

Vol. 25 No. 3, 2013 389 Received August 29, 2012, Revised October 31, 2012, Accepted for publication November 1, 2012 Corresponding author: Ki-Ho Kim, Department of Dermatology, Dong-A University Medical Center, 26 Daesingongwon-ro, Seo-gu, Busan 602-715, Korea. Tel: 82-51-240-5435, Fax: 82-51-253-0787, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Cr...

Laser therapy for Hailey-Hailey disease: review of the literature and a case report

Medical therapy for Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD) generally only provides temporary suppression. Surgical intervention has been shown to prolong remission, but may lead to significant morbidity. Laser therapy is becoming the preferred method of treatment because of its successful results and lower risk of complications compared to surgical modalities. We report a case of fractional ablative carbo...