background: results of various studies suggest that the hypertrophic and keloid scars are highly prevalent in the general population and are irritating both physically and mentally. objective: considering the variety of existing therapies, intense pulsed light (ipl) method along with corticosteroid injection was evaluated in treating these scars. materials and methods: 86 subjects were included...

Intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy using noncoherent broad-spectrum light has been reported to be effective for hair removal, and also for treating superficial pigmented lesions like ephelides and solar lentigines. We report complete regression of a pigmented melanocytic nevus, histologically confirmed, after hair removal treatment with IPL. The use of lasers and IPL is a common procedure used ...

high intensity optical radiation can cause damage to the eye and intense radiation in the range of 770-1400 nm can cause thermal retinal damage. in the workplaces where there are high temperature sources, the workers in front of these hot  sources without bright light maybe exposed to the  intense ir radiation, thus regular measurement of these radiations seems crucial. measurement of ir radiat...