Fig. 3

Photographs of erosive and atrophic oral lichen planus marker lesions in the buccal mucosa in 3 patients from Group I (a), Group II (d), and Group III (g), at baseline. Reduction in lesion size and severity by topical Tacrolimus patch (b), and slight reduction in ulcer size and extension with topical application of Tacrolimus gel (e), and Triamcinolone Acteonid gel (h), after 2 weeks’ treatment. Complete healing of oral lesions treated with Tacrolimus patch (c), and marked signs of healing of oral lesions from the same patients treated by topical tacrolimus gel (f), and corticosteroid gel (k), after 4 weeks’ treatment