Biomedical Engineering Reference
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C
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D
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Figure 13.5
(
A
) A 23-year-old Thai woman with acquired bilateral nevus of Ota-like macules (Hori's nevus), before treatment (
left
) (
B
) before treatment (
right
).
(
C
) One week after a 1064-nm Q-switched neodymium-doped:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser treatment at a fl uence of 6 J/cm
2
using a 3-mm spot size (
left
).
(
D
) One week after treatment (
right
). (
E
) Development of postinfl ammatory hyperpigmentation at 4 weeks after treatment (
left
). (
F
) Postinfl ammatory hyperpig-
mentation (
right
) that cleared within 1-2 months after treatment with hydroquinone 4% cream. (
G
) Complete clearance of pigmented lesion after fi ve laser treat-
ments (
left
). (
H
) After fi ve laser treatments (
right
).
