Has anyone tried to treat Keratosis Pilaris via laser hair removal followed by pulsed dye laser therapy?
I've read some anecdotes about how laser hair removal helped deal with ingrown hairs. Keratosis Pilaris is speculated to be at least partially caused by trapped, ingrown hairs. If the treatment can get to the trapped hairs it might be able to deal with one of the underlying causes of Keratosis Pialris. Now, other anecdotes mentioned that the bumps remained red even after the treatment, but multiple studies found that pulsed dye laser therapy can help with skin redness in general and with the redness that accompanies Keratosis Pilaris in specific. Put together these treatments might effectively cure Keratosis Pilaris. The keratin plugs would remain, of course, but if the redness is ultimately caused by the trapped hairs getting rid of them and then treating that redness would eliminate the cosmetic issues that make Keratosis Pilaris a problem.
Potential issues I foresee: the hair removal lasers might not be able to get to fully enclosed trapped hairs, necessitating the "surgical" removal of said hairs first. Electrolysis might be required to prevent them from regrowing if they never grow in a way that leaves them susceptible to laser hair removal. Furthermore even if trapped hairs are susceptible they might remain trapped after being killed and, once again, require "surgical" removal. I'm not sure whether either of those things will happen in practice.
I've read some anecdotes about how laser hair removal helped deal with ingrown hairs. Keratosis Pilaris is speculated to be at least partially caused by trapped, ingrown hairs. If the treatment can get to the trapped hairs it might be able to deal with one of the underlying causes of Keratosis Pialris. Now, other anecdotes mentioned that the bumps remained red even after the treatment, but multiple studies found that pulsed dye laser therapy can help with skin redness in general and with the redness that accompanies Keratosis Pilaris in specific. Put together these treatments might effectively cure Keratosis Pilaris. The keratin plugs would remain, of course, but if the redness is ultimately caused by the trapped hairs getting rid of them and then treating that redness would eliminate the cosmetic issues that make Keratosis Pilaris a problem.
Potential issues I foresee: the hair removal lasers might not be able to get to fully enclosed trapped hairs, necessitating the "surgical" removal of said hairs first. Electrolysis might be required to prevent them from regrowing if they never grow in a way that leaves them susceptible to laser hair removal. Furthermore even if trapped hairs are susceptible they might remain trapped after being killed and, once again, require "surgical" removal. I'm not sure whether either of those things will happen in practice.
