Abstract
Acne vulgaris commonly affects adolescents and adults causing disgurement or scarring having psychological impact and reduces quality of life. This study conducted to study impact of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) over the lesion. An interventional study carried out over 81 (M: F - 37:44) acne patients attending dermatology OPD, 3 setting of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) therapy (430 -1200 nm wavelength) were given to patients. Mean age of 81 acne patient was 23.56 + 4.47 years and most of patients were having papular type of acne (81%) followed by pustules (71%) & comedones (45%). There was signicant decrease (p<0.05) in average lesion count in third setting (23.44 + 15.6) as compared to rst setting (36.65 + 18.2). Erythema (16.05%) followed by Itching (6.17%) and burning (3.70%) were most common side effect of therapy. IPL is safe, short duration and non-invasive method for inammatory acne lesions with good compliance from patient.
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