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Dermatology Practical & Conceptual
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Neck Rejuvenation With a New Infrared Emission
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Dermatol Pract Concept
Steven Paul Nisticò
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Neck Rejuvenation With a New Infrared Emission
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   Neck Rejuvenation With a New Infrared Emission
Olga Mastrangelo1, Luigi Bennardo2, Irene Fusco3, Mario Sannino1, Giovanni Cannarozzo1,
                                 Steven Paul Nisticò2


1 University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
2 Department of Health Sciences, Unit of Dermatology, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
3 University of Florence, Florence, Italy



Key words: ipl, facial aging, infrared emission, wrinkles
Citation: Mastrangelo O, Bennardo L, Fusco I, Sannino M, Cannarozzo G, Nisticò SP. Neck rejuvenation with a new infrared emission.
Dermatol Pract Concept. 2022;12(2):e2022044. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5826/dpc.1202a44
Accepted: August 2, 2021; Published: April, 2022
Copyright: ©2022 Mastrangelo et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution
License BY-NC-4.0, which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original
authors and source are credited.
Funding: None.
Competing interests: None.
Authorship: All authors have contributed significantly to this publication.
Corresponding author: Luigi Bennardo, Department of Health Sciences, Magna Graecia University Viale Europa SNC 88100
Catanzaro Italy. E-mail: luigibennardo10@gmail.com




Introduction                                                             in the range 800–1200 nm (Luxea, Deka Mela Srl). Four
                                                                         sessions spaced 2 weeks apart were performed. The patient
Human skin aging includes histological and biochemical                   was recruited at Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro and
changes. The therapeutic technology of non-invasive skin re-             signed informed consent. Local ethical committee approved
juvenation of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) is called photoreju-            the treatment protocol. The patient was photographed at
venation, and the technique has been used widely in cosmetic             the beginning and 3 months after the last treatment session
dermatology to improve facial photoaging. IPL sources are                (Figure 1).
multiwavelength lights that typically emit light in the 500                   The system is based on the pulsed emission of a wave-
to 1200 nm range. At this level, the thermal impulse causes              length range of 800–1200 nm over a 6.2 cm2 spot. The
denaturation of collagen fibers with consequent formation                protocol used the following settings: power 30 W, hand-
of new ones [1]. Papers that elucidate how systems emit-                 piece moving in a linear slow motion creating an area about
ting light near-infrared (800–1200 nm) could produce, on                 5 × 5 cm. The handpiece is kept in a vertical position and in
­human skin fibroblasts cell cultures, dermal changes in gene            contact with the skin by applying light pressure and trans-
expression and extracellular matrix and contribute to photo-­            parent water gel so that the entire surface of the irradiation
rejuvenation are already present in literature [2].                      area is always in contact with the skin. The protocol pro-
                                                                         vides a progressive skin temperature rise of the epidermis

Case Presentation                                                        up to 40-42 °C, persisting, as long as conditions allow, for a
                                                                         few minutes on the treatment area. The patient achieved an
We present our preliminary experience with a 63-year-old                 improvement in skin texture. A better skin tone and wrinkle
female patient treated with a new pulsed infrared emission               reduction were observed in the neck area.



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Figure 1. (A) Frontal view before treatment. (B) Frontal view after treatment



    Patient in the immediate post-treatment experienced an             the neck area where the alternatives are few and still inva-
improvement in brightness and porosity of the skin. The im-            sive. The strength of this treatment is the absence of down-
mediate effects are visibly enhanced 2 months after the first          time and side effects. These results promise a rapid spread
treatment session. The response of the dermal tissue is no-            of this technology and are the starting point for combined
ticeable within 5 minutes. The endpoint was considered light           treatments to treat more complex diseases that require
erythema associated with the sensation of heat reported by             ­integrated approaches.
the patient that disappeared in 30 minutes.

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