A relatively easy procedure blue light therapy has successfully treated multiple conditions including cancer actinic keratosis a type of superficial skin cancer and acne.
Light treatment for skin cancer.
These can be severe and may include developing skin cancer.
Rlt is different from laser or intense pulsed light ipl therapies because it doesn t cause damage to the skin surface.
A special cream with photosensitizing agents will.
It can actually be used to prevent skin cancer and remove both precancerous skin.
This medication is absorbed preferentially by the precancerous skin cells within one to three hours.
Ultraviolet light is a treatment for a number of skin conditions including a type of skin cancer called t cell lymphoma.
Plus it doesn t cause awful side effects.
Photodynamic therapy for skin cancer first your doctor may need to remove any crust or scale from the area of your skin that needs to be treated.
It s used to treat actinic keratosis ak a skin condition that can become cancer and is used only on the face or scalp.
More commonly known as photodynamic therapy pdt blue light therapy works often as well as surgery or radiation therapy.
Eisen director of aesthetic dermatology at the university of california davis health system said photodynamic therapy involves placing a light sensitive liquid medication on a patient s skin.
Aminolevulinic acid ala or levulan is a drug that s put right on the skin.
A special blue light rather than laser light is used to activate this drug.
This treatment destroys skin cancer cells with a combination of laser light and drugs that makes cancer cells sensitive to light.
What is ultraviolet light treatment.
Blue light therapy is most commonly used to treat sun damage and premalignant or malignant skin cancer growths.
Laser and pulsed light therapies work by causing controlled damage to the.
One type of uv treatment you might have for cancer is called puva psoralen plus ultraviolet a.
Rlt either alone or in combination with other treatments such as blue light therapy is a potentially effective treatment for acne.
Once the medication is activated it destroys the precancerous lesions.