The Use of the Plasma Jet and Laser Photobiomodulation in the Treatment of Alopecia areata: Case Study

Abstract

Alopecia is a dermatological disease featured by the absence or shortening strand of hair, either transitory or permanent, which negatively impacts on life quality of those people. This study aimed to report by using photo documentation the efficacy of laser photobiomodulation associated to plasma jet in treating alopecia areata of a 38 years-old woman patient. She came to a private clinic of dermo functional treatment in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil claiming for acute hair loss. It was done 14 sessions of treatment along three months associated to laser photobiomodulation therapy and Plasma Jet. As a conclusion, the comparative analysis of pictures has proved that such therapy associated with laser photobiomodulation plus plasma jet in conductive mode was efficient in treating alopecia areata .