Terminal hair growth after full thickness skin graft: Treatment with normal mode ruby laser

Background and Objective: Treatment of hirsutism is often unsatisfactory wi th many of the currently used methods providing only temporary improvement. The use of lasers for hair removal has shown promising results and treatme nt by using the normal mode ruby laser has provided reduction in hair numbe rs sustained on followup. We report a woman who developed terminal hair gro wth at the site of a full thickness skin graft and describe her successful treatment with the normal mode ruby laser.