Effect of intense pulsed light in hypertrophic scars in rabbit ear / 中华医学美学美容杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect and mechanisms of intense pulsed light (IPL) in treating hypertrophic scars on rabbit ear.Methods Thirty New Zealand white rabbits were incruited in this study.Two hypertrophic scar models were made in the ventral surface of the rabbit ears with two lesions on each ear.The rabbits were divided randomly into two groupsthe treatment group and the control group.Rabbits in the treatment groups were treated by IPL at the 3rd,5th,7th week after operation.Rabbits in the control groups were untreated.Morphological appearances of the hypertrophic scar were observed,and biopsies of scar were taken for HE stain and immunohistochemistry for the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF),proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and α-SMA,microvessel density was calculated by the expression of α-SMA at the 3rd,5th,7th,9th week after operation.At the 9th week after the operation,the ventral surface skin from two normally-fed rabbits were collected to undergo the same examination above.Results Comparing with the control group,the height of scars was reduced significantly in the IPL treatment group.The scars becaming soften and completely flat needed less time in the IPL treatment group.Comparing with the control group,the level of α-SMA,MVD,VEGF and PCNA expression in the treatment group obviously decreased over the same period (P＜0.05).Conclusions IPL is of great therapeutic effect on treating hypertrophic scar of rabbit ear.