Pigmentation due to stasis dermatitis treated successfully with a noncoherent intense pulsed light source.

A 69-year-old Caucasian female consulted our department for treatment of pigmentary ochre dermatitis secondary to a chronic venous insufficiency of 25 years’ duration. She presented purpuric macules and patches, ochre-brownish in color, on the lower third of both legs with no discomfort except her aesthetic problem (Figure 1). The patient made no reference to taking any medication or to having a medical history of interest with the exception of venous insufficiency. She had consulted various specialists who offered no solution to the aesthetic problem and who had prescribed, as a treatment, a chelating decoloring gel, which she used for several months with no improvement. After informed consent was obtained, we chose noncoherent IPL source (Harmony system, Alma Lasers Ltd., Caesarea, Israel) as a treatment.