Chemical extraction technique for tattoo removal

✍ Scribed by W. Cheng

• Book ID: 108667855
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 147 KB
• Volume: 151
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-0963
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06287.x

✦ Synopsis

Burkhart and Burkhart demonstrated that tacrolimus has superior efficacy to alclometasone dipropionate which, according to several classifications, is a mid-potent corticosteroid similar to hydrocortisone butyrate.

Finally, the authors write that in a 3-week study, topical steroids were found to be more effective than topical immunomodulators, but fail to mention that the comparator used in that study was pimecrolimus cream. To discuss our results in the context of pimecrolimus is not relevant due to the clear differences in potency between tacrolimus ointment and pimecrolimus cream. In conclusion, while patient satisfaction is of major importance, the study setting of Burkhart and Burkhart was not satisfactory with respect to evaluating the efficacy of treatment.