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Purpose: To know the efficacy of treatment with blue light in patients with mild or moderate facial acne vulgaris. Study Design: semi-experimental study. Place and Duration: The study was performed in the Dermatology department of Mayo Hospital Lahore for the period of six months from January 2017 to june 2017. Methodology: The study included 105 patients, with non-sequential probabilistic sampling. Patients spent 16 sessions of blue light twice a week for 8 weeks each for 15 weeks. The overall acne score (GAS) was calculated at the beginning of treatment and 8 weeks. The average decrease in GAS was measured. Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 16. Findings: 91 (87%) patients were between 15-30 years of age, 14 (13%) were between the ages of 31,45 and the mean age was 22.90 ± 5.97 years. 28 (26.7%) were male and 77 (73.3%) were female. Acne 50 (47.6%) was mild in the patient and moderate in 55 (52.4%). The pre-treatment general acne score was 18.990 ± 6.24884 and the post-treatment general acne score was 15.1143 ± 5.1143. After 8 weeks in the general acne score, the mean decrease was 3.87619 ± 3.33021 (p Result: Blue light is an effective monotherapy in the treatment of mild to moderate acne vulgaris in our population. Keywords: Blue light, spherical acne score (GAS), Acne vulgaris. |
