Successful treatment of tattoo-induced pseudolymphoma with sequential ablative fractional resurfacing followed by Q-switched Nd: Yag 532 nm laser

• Published in: Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 226 - 228
• Main Authors: Lucinda, Tan, Hazel, Oon Hwee, Joyce, Lee Siong, Hon, Chua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications 01.10.2013; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Ablative fractional resurfacing; Care and treatment; Case Report; Case studies; Complications and side effects; Dermatitis; Health aspects; Histology; Infections; Lasers; Lasers in medicine; Lymphomas; Pigments; Plastic surgery; pseudolymphoma; Q-switched Nd:YAG 532nm laser; Risk factors; tattoo-induced; Tattooing; Tattoos; Q-switched Nd:YAG 532nm laser; pseudolymphoma; Ablative fractional resurfacing; tattoo-induced
• ISSN: 0974-2077; 0974-5157
• DOI: 10.4103/0974-2077.123412

Decorative tattooing has been linked with a range of complications, with pseudolymphoma being unusual and challenging to manage. We report a case of tattoo-induced pseudolymphoma, who failed treatment with potent topical and intralesional steroids. She responded well to sequential treatment with ablative fractional resurfacing (AFR) followed by Q-Switched (QS) Nd:YAG 532 nm laser. Interestingly, we managed to document the clearance of her tattoo pigments after laser treatments on histology and would like to highlight the use of special stains such as the Grocott′s Methenamine Silver (GMS) stain as a useful method to assess the presence of tattoo pigment in cases where dense inflammatory infiltrates are present.