Table 3.

Comparison of dermoscopic grades of improvement in both the groups after 3rd and 6th laser session

Dermoscopic improvement	Group 1		Group 2
	After three sessions (n = 39)	After six sessions (n = 35)	After three sessions (n = 40)	After six sessions (n = 32)
No improvement	3 (7.69%)	1 (2.86%)	1 (2.50%)	0 (0.00%)
Grade1 (<25% improvement)	31 (79.49%)	16 (45.71%)	19 (47.50%)	1 (3.13%)
Grade 2 (25%–50% improvement)	5 (12.82%)	12 (34.29%)	20 (50.00%)	13 (40.63%)
Grade 3 (50%–75% improvement)	0 (0.00%)	5 (14.29%)	0 (0.00%)	18 (56.25%)
Grade 4 (75% improvement)	0 (0.00%)	1 (2.86%)	0 (0.00%)	0 (0.00%)

Patients in group 2 (56.25%) showing grade 3 dermoscopic improvement were significantly higher as compared with group 1 (14.29%) (P = 0.01)