Efficacy of hydroquinone cream (USP 4%) used alone or in combination with salicylic acid peels in improving photodamage on the neck and upper chest

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 333-337

  Gladstone, Hayes B ^a,b   Nguyen, Serene L ^a   Williams, Ronda ^a   Ottomeyer, Tamy ^a   Wortzman, Mitchell ^c,d   Jeffers, Monica ^c,d   Moy, Ronald L ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation   (United States)

^d Medicis Pharmaceutical Company   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIC ACID; HYDROQUINONE; HYDROQUINONE PLUS GLYCOLIC ACID; LUSTRA; MELANIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ABRASION; TISSUE LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHEMEXFOLIATION; FEMALE; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NECK; OINTMENTS; SALICYLIC ACID; SKIN AGING; THORAX;

EID: 0034031265     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.99233.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Lowe PM, Woods J, Lewis A, Davies A, Cooper AJ. Topical tretinoin improves the appearance of photodamaged skin. Australas J Dermatol 1994;35:1-9.
2. Kang WH, Chun SC, Lee S. Intermittent therapy for melasma in Asian patients with combined topical agents (retinoic acid, hydroquinone and hydrocortisone): clinical and histological studies. J Dermatol 1998;25:587-96.
3. Stiller MJ, Bartolone J, Stern R, Smith S, Kollias N, Gillies R, Drake LA. Topical 8% glycolic acid and 8% L-lactic acid creams for the treatment of photodamaged skin. Arch Dermatol 1996;132:631-6.
4. Moy LS, Murad H, Moy RL. Glycolic acid peels for the treatment of wrinkles and photoaging. J Dermatol Surg Oncol 1993;19:243-6.
5. Kligman D, Kligman AM. Salicylic acid peels for the treatment of photoaging. Dermatol Surg 1998;24:325-8.
6. Fitzpatrick RE, Goldman MP, Satur NM, Tope WD. Pulsed carbon dioxide laser resurfacing of photoaged facial skin. Arch Dermatol 1996;132:395-402.
7. Ratner D, Viron A, Puvion-Dutilleul F, Puvion E. Pilot ultrastructural evaluation of human preauricular skin before and after high energy pulsed carbon dioxide laser treatment. Arch Dermatol 1998; 134:582-7.
8. Teikemeir G, Goldberg DJ. Skin resurfacing with erbium:YAG laser. Dermatol Surg 1997;23:685-7.
9. Collins PS. Trichloroacetic acid revisited. J Dermatol Surg Oncol 1989;15:933-40.
10. Matarasso SL, Glogau RG. Chemical face peels. Dermatol Clin 1991;9:131-50.
11. Garcia A, Fulton JE. The combination of glycolic acid and hydroquinone or Kojic acid for the treatment of melasma and related conditions. Dermatol Surg 1996;22:443-7.
12. Edwards C. The Mexameter MX 16™. In: Berardesca E, Elsner P, Wilhelm K-P, Maibach HI, eds. Bioengineering of the Skin: Methods and Instrumentation. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1995:127-9.
13. Feather JW, Ellis DJ, Leslie G. A portable reflectometer for a rapid quantification of cutaneous hemoglobin and melanin. Phys Med Biol 1988;33:711-22.
14. R. 12th ISBS, Boston, 1998.
15. Lauternschlager S, Itin PH. Reticulate, patchy and mottled hyperpigmentation of the neck. Acquired forms. Dermatology 1998;197: 291-6.
16. Moy LS, Howe K, Moy RL. Glycolic acid modulation of collagen production in human skin fibroblast cultures in vitro. Dermatol Surg 1996;22:439-41.
17. Fffendy I, Kwangsukstith C, Lee JY, Maibach HI. Functional changes in human stratum corneum induced by topical glycolic acid: comparison with all-trans retinoic acid. Acta Derm Venerol (Stockh) 1995;75:455-8.
18. Thibault PK, Wlodarczyk J, Wenck A. A double blind randomized clinical trial on the effectiveness of a daily glycolic acid 5% formulation in the treatment of photoaging. Dermatol Surg 1998;24:573-7.
19. Goldberg Df, Meine JG. Treatment of photoaged neck skin with the pulsed erbium:YAG laser. Dermatol Surg 1998;24:619-21.
20. Goldman MP, Fitzpatrick RE, Manskiatti W. Laser resurfacing of the neck with the erbium:YAG laser. Dermatol Surg 1999;25:164-7.