Treatment of Self Harm Scars With Fraxel Laser

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05363969

Enrollment

Registered

2022-05-06

Start date

2022-07-31

Completion date

2023-12-31

Last updated

2022-05-06

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Conditions

Self Harm

Brief summary

Treatment of self harm scars with fractionated laser.

Detailed description

Fractionated resurfacing lasers have been shown to be useful for scars including acne scars, burns scars and striae. We will treat self harm scars with 3 to 4 treatments using a Fraxel fractionated laser. Patients will be screened to ensure they are not actively engaged in self harm behaviors.

Interventions

DEVICEFractionated laser resurfacing

Patients will receive 3-4 treatments with fractionated laser resurfacing

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Self harm scars

Exclusion criteria

* Active self harm behaviors

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Clinical improvement of scars	6 months	Patients will be assessed with pre and post treatment photography. Photographs will be taken at baseline and 1 month after the final treatment. After the final treatment both the investigator and patients will rate appearance of scarring as worsened, unchanged or improved as compared to baseline.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026