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Study aim
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Preparation and evaluation of glycyrrhizin-menthol-aloe vera topical gel and its effectiveness in preventing laser-induced dermatitis: a randomized controlled clinical trial
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Design
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A randomized controlled clinical trial with double-blind parallel groups of phase 2 is on 90 patients, and the patients will be randomly divided into 3 groups of 30 people based on the RAND() function of Excel software.
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Settings and conduct
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This study is a randomized clinical trial that is conducted on 90 patients at Yazd Laser Therapy Center. Taking into account the criterion of entering the study, the clients will be randomly divided into 3 groups of 30 people, including those receiving glycyrrhizin-menthol-aloe vera gel, placebo (base gel) or control (without medicine). Neither the doctor nor the patient knows the contents of the medicine containers
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Clients who have started using laser and have no history of allergies to plants such as licorice, aloe vera and mint and no skin diseases
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Intervention groups
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The group receiving glycyrrhizin, aloe vera, and menthol gel, which was made in the laboratory of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Yazd University of Medical Sciences under the supervision of the professors of the faculty and during the Ph.D. thesis of a pharmacy student, received topically for 15 days from the start of the laser.
The control group received base gel without medication for 15 days from the start of the laser
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Main outcome variables
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at times 1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 15, the state of the laser site in terms of the loss of the epidermis, intensity of redness, dryness, itching (based on the table below), burning and pain (based on the visual scale VAS) and the patient's satisfaction with the use of the drug and whether the skin in the laser area gets second degree burns or not and the need to use standard dermatitis treatment are evaluated.