Approach Considerations
To date, no effective treatment is available for anetoderma. Therapeutic options that have been used but have not shown consistent results include intralesional steroids, as well as systemic penicillin G, aspirin, phenytoin, dapsone, vitamin E, and niacin. Anecdotal reports have described topical epsilon-aminocaproic acid (an antifibrinolytic) [69] and oral colchicine [70] as potential treatments to prevent the development of new lesions.
Furthermore, isolated case reports have shown improvement of anetoderma lesions when treated with the following lasers:
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Pulsed-dye lasers (10,600 and 595 nm) in conjunction with the 1550-nm nonablative fractionated laser [71]
Surgical excision is an option if lesions are small and few in numbers.
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Multiple lesions of anetoderma.
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Close-up view of a single lesion of anetoderma.
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Anne Elizabeth Laumann, MBChB, MRCP(UK), FAAD Professor Emerita of Dermatology, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine
Anne Elizabeth Laumann, MBChB, MRCP(UK), FAAD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Academy of Dermatology Association, American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, American Dermato-Epidemiology Network, Association for Psychoneurocutaneous Medicine of North America, Association of Professors of Dermatology, British Association of Dermatologists, Chicago Dermatological Society, Chicago Medical Society, Dermatology Foundation, European Society of Tattoo and Pigment Research, Illinois Dermatological Society, Illinois State Medical Society, Institute of Medicine of Chicago, Lupus Foundation of America, Illinois Chapter, Medical Dermatology Society, National Psoriasis Foundation, National Vitiligo Foundation, North American Rheumatologic Dermatology Society, Rheumatologic Dermatology Society, Scleroderma Foundation, Society for Investigative Dermatology, The Global Fibrosis Foundation, Women's Dermatologic Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Victoria Godinez-Puig, MD Resident Physician, Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine
Victoria Godinez-Puig, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Society for Investigative Dermatology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Julia Sanger Minocha, MD Resident Physician, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine
Julia Sanger Minocha, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians, Phi Beta Kappa
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
David F Butler, MD Former Section Chief of Dermatology, Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System; Professor of Dermatology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine; Founding Chair, Department of Dermatology, Scott and White Clinic
David F Butler, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Dermatology, Association of Military Dermatologists, Phi Beta Kappa, Texas Dermatological Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Edward F Chan, MD Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Edward F Chan, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Society of Dermatopathology, Society for Investigative Dermatology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Dirk M Elston, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine
Dirk M Elston, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Peter Fritsch, MD Chair, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Peter Fritsch, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Dermatological Association, International Society of Pediatric Dermatology, and Society for Investigative Dermatology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Stephen C Ho, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Dermatology, American Contact Dermatitis Society, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology and Aesthetic Surgery, and Colorado Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Jin Mo Park, PhD Assistant Professor, Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Jenny Sun, MD Research Fellow, Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
