Light therapy for behind the eyebrows

[Mike T]

Hi

this may sound like a wiered question, but is there any type of light therapy which can treat the area behind the eyebrows without affecting them I.e no loss of hair during the process

The reason I ask as my main problem is trying to treat the seb derm in my eyebrows so I won't loose anymore hair due to inflamation if left untreated. However when attempt to get rid of the seb derm with antifungals i get reactions. So it's a choice of inflamation + hairloss or inflamation + hairloss.

If I can sucesfully treat the Rosacea behind my eyebrows then I'm hoping the skin there will become less reactive and then I can treat the seb derm appropriately.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, as no matter how basic the antifungal cream I use is it always, eventually gives me inflamation (I think because I've had so many reactions in that area previously that the skin there and veins are in bad shake and very sensitive)

Thanks

Mike

[peter.crouch]

Dear Mike,
David Pascoe kindly alerted me to your post.

Eyebrows are (by their very nature) hairy and seb derm is common around them or, as you describe - "behind" them i.e. on the skin beside the hairs. Many patients with seb derm worry about their eyebrows.

Now, I woud suggest that you dont want to be looking at IPL or NdYAG because they have got good affinity for hair (indeed this is why they were, and still are, marketed for hair removal).

IPL can also make Seb derm flare up in some individuals which is why, for them, we offer a "pulsed dye laser chaser" after IPL to help prevent this.

So, I would suggest that you talk to your treating laser clinicna about whether a pulsed dye 585 treatment for the seb derm might help.

Now this is the really cool part (if, like me, you get excited by this stuff). We now believe that you dont need to treat the affected skin area i.e. the hair bearing area of the eyebrows in order to thet the beneficial effect of the Pulsed Dye laser - you could treat the non-hair bearing forehead around the eyebrows with a sub-purpuric (no bruising) treatment with say the NLite and still get the desired effect.

Researchers have found elevated levels of immune markers at the hip of research subjects treated on their face with pulsed dye laser. This seems to explain why you can treat someone's face with the pulsed dye laser for acne, and their back improves (and vice versa). I suggest that you might want to discuss with your treating laser clinician whether getting a Pulsed Dye treatment for your face would be appropriate for you (and hopefully this may have a beneficial effect on the area of the eyebrows also wthut having to treat the eyebrows at all).

I hope that helps,

Kind regards,

Peter

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Any advice or information provided here does not, is not intended to be,(and should not be taken to constitute), specific medical advice given to any group or individual. This general advice is provided with the guidance that any person who believes that they may be suffering from any medical condition should seek professional advice from a qualified, registered/licensed physician who has the opportunity to meet with the patient, take a medical history, examine the patient and provide specific advice and or treatment based on their experience diagnosing and treating that condition or range of conditions. No general advice provided here should be taken to replace or in any way contradict advice provided by a physician able to meet with the patient, take a medical history, examine the patient and provide specific advice and or treatment based on their experience diagnosing and treating that condition or range of conditions. Dr Peter Crouch

[Mike T]

Thanks Peter and David.

Thats good news.

Regards,

Mike

[drsoldo]

Disclosure
This information does not constitute medical advice. Any individual who believes they are suffering from any medical condition, including, but not limited to rosacea, should seek treatment from a licensed medical physician who is qualified to diagnose and treat the particular condition. Nicholas Soldo, M. D.

Unfortunately there are no Laser/IPL devices that spare hair--All such devices operate on the principle of being attracted to chromophores to be effective, ie they are attracted to color such as the pigment melanin in hair follicles(brown) or red oxyhemoglobin in red blood cells in vessels--So unfortuanetly these are not viable options--Hopefully you can eventually come up with an ointment/cream which you can tolerate---Sorry I cant give you better news-----Dr N Soldo

[Mike T]

Thanks for that information dr Soldo

Regards,

Mike