Unwanted facial hair removal with laser treatment improves quality of life of patients

Abstract

Background: Unwanted facial hair can have adverse psychological effects on women and reduce their quality of life. Objective: To assess the effects of unwanted facial hair removal with laser on improving quality of life. Methods: In this study, 70 patients treated for unwanted facial hair by laser were assessed by Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) questionnaire on admission and 3 months later after three sessions of laser treatment. Results: The DLQI score before treatment was 9.42 ± 5.99, which was reduced to 3.12 ± 3.40 after laser treatment (p <0.05). Conclusion: Unwanted facial hair removal with laser can improve the quality of life of patients.

Key Words::

• Hirsutism
• laser
• quality of life

Acknowledgement

Hereby, sincere cooperation of the medical and nursing staff of the Dowlati Skin Clinic and Novin Didegan Clinic in performing this study is appreciated.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.