Skin of Color: Best Practices for Lasers and EBD

Course Director(s)

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  Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

  Weill Cornell Medicine
  Weill Cornell Medicine
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  Keyvan Nouri, MD, MBA

  Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL

This session will cover the following information. Medical lasers and energy-based devices are relatively under-utilized on patients with skin of color due to concerns regarding risk of pigmentary and other complications in Fitzpatrick skin phototypes IV-VI.

Medical lasers and energy-based devices can be used safely and effectively to treat a range of dermatologic concerns in patients with skin of color.

Careful selection of device type, settings, pre-and post-procedure precautions are key to optimizing outcomes for energy-based treatments in skin of color.

Presentations:

• 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM EDT

  The Art and Science of Treating Skin of Color with Lasers and Energy-based Devices
  

  Faculty: Eliot F. Battle, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Cultura Dermatology & Plastic Surgery
• 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

  Picosecond Laser and Nanosecond Laser Treatment of Pigmented Lesions in East Asian Populations
  

  Faculty: Henry Hin Lee Chan, MD, PhD, FRCP – University of Hong Kong
• 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

  Broad Applications of Lasers in the Management of Common Dermatologic Disorders in Skin of Color (Case Based)
  

  Faculty: Andrew Alexis, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine
• 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM EDT

  Treatment of Melasma and other Hyperpigmentation Disorders in South Asian Populations
  

  Faculty: Mukta B. Sachdev, MD(Derm)DD,DPD,DipDerm(UK) (she/her/hers) – MS Skin Centre
• 4:30 PM - 4:45 PM EDT

  Laser/EBD Treatment Pearls for Acne Scarring and more! (Case Based)
  

  Faculty: Hye Jin Chung, MD, MMSc – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School, Boston MA