Arsenault dermatology is using photodynamic therapy blue light treatment to help skin cancer patients with actinic keratosis.
Blu light treatment for skin cancer.
More commonly known as photodynamic therapy pdt blue light therapy works often as well as surgery or radiation therapy.
Insurances typically cover the full cost of the treatment but this varies by insurance.
What is blue light therapy.
Other studies have had more concerning results.
The amount of time depends on how serious your actinic keratosis is and on which body part.
In 2014 in the journal pigment cell melanoma research researchers compared skin exposed to blue light with skin exposed to uvb rays the type of.
During the treatment we apply a topical photosensitizing drug to the skin.
Pdt using levulan and a proprietary blue light is currently fda approved for the treatment of early skin precancers called actinic keratoses rough scaly spots generally on sun exposed skin.
The blu light treatments work by allowing the levulan to sit on the skin for a period of time.
It can actually be used to prevent skin cancer and remove both precancerous skin.
Blue light therapy also called blue light treatment or blue light photodynamic therapy is a treatment performed by dermatologists to combat pre cancerous lesions like actinic keratosis.
Blue light therapy for actinic keratosis can help treat and reduce the number of precancers potentially reducing the number of full fledged skin cancers and helping in photo rejuvenation.
Plus it doesn t cause awful side effects.
If you are treating acne it takes considerably less time.
Blue light therapy is most commonly used to treat sun damage and premalignant or malignant skin cancer growths.
While skin cancer occurs more than any other cancer it s also highly treatable especially when caught early on.
Plan to spend about 30 minutes with a blu light specialist.
Pdt is also known as ala pdt treatment or super blue light.
Skin regularly takes a beating from harsh sunlight and when not properly protected can develop moles and lesions that are precancerous or cancerous.