RC is a 17 year old male in excellent health, physically active and of Caucasian descent. RC had extensive acne distributed across forehead, cheeks and chin. Acne in the chin region was inflammatory and included pustules and open lesions. RC has some acne scars and tends to produce areas of hyper-pigmentation upon healing of acne lesions. RC also had with inflammatory acne on the chest.

Both areas were treated with the standard phototherapy regimen. No additional acne specific treatments were performed.

Before Treatment

After Treatment

Facial lesions healed more quickly than usual. The chest area was completely resolved. Lesions occurring just prior to this treatment did not produce hyper-pigmentation nor scaring. RC reported that the remaining lesion on the chin disappeared within one week.

A small number of non-inflammatory acne lesions continue to appear on the jaw line. RC may benefit from red-light only treatment to remove hyper-pigmentation on the face.

This subject remained clear for two months, with a subsequent minor flair. This out break was successfully treated with one week of phototherapy.

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