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Effect of Intense Pulsed-Light Exposure on Lipid Peroxides and Thymine Dimers in Human Skin In Vivo
Olivier Sorg, PhD;
Victor Janer, MD;
Christophe Antille, MD;
Pierre Carraux;
Evelyne Leemans;
Elizabeth Masgrau, MD;
Jean-Hilaire Saurat, MD;
Denis Salomon, MD
Arch Dermatol. 2007;143(3):363-366.
Background Intense pulsed light (IPL) generates high-intensity short flashes of visible light and has been used for about 10 years to improve dermatological conditions such as telangiectasia, pigmented lesions, and skin aging. Although these systems deliver a moderate dose (10-30 J/cm2) of visible light, this dose is delivered during a short pulse (2-5 milliseconds), which implies a very high fluence rate (approximately 4000 W/cm2). For this reason, we speculated whether the Bunsen-Roscoe law of reciprocity could still be valid in these conditions.
Observations Nine healthy volunteers were exposed to IPL or UV-A or simulated solar UV radiation, and then thymine dimer and lipid peroxide concentrations were determined in skin biopsy specimens of the exposed sites. Only exposure to solar UV radiation (7-J/cm2 UV-A + 80-mJ/cm2 UV-B) produced measurable amounts of thymine dimers in DNA from skin biopsy specimens, whereas UV-A radiation (40 J/cm2) and IPL (9 J/cm2) induced 3-fold and 6-fold increases of cutaneous lipid peroxides, respectively.
Conclusions These preliminary results indicate that IPL, although filtered for wavelengths shorter than 500 nm, can generate oxidative stress, a typical hallmark of UV-A, but does not induce thymine dimers. This emphasizes the need for long-term studies involving IPL before using this technique in a recurrent manner.
Author Affiliations: Dermatology Department, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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