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Blue light therapy can help clear acne and treat sun damage and some kinds of skin cancer. A dermatologist explains how it works and who can benefit from feeling blue.
Blue light therapy is most commonly used to treat sun damage and premalignant or malignant skin cancer growths. It can actually be used to prevent skin cancer and remove both...
Dermatologists advise their patients to avoid harmful ultraviolet light, which can cause skin damage, photoaging and skin cancer. But they also may prescribe light therapy to treat certain skin conditions.
A technique called photodynamic therapy directs wavelengths of blue fluorescent light to activate a topical medicine applied to the skin. It selectively kills abnormal, potentially cancerous cells in specific areas.
During the next stage of this treatment, your doctor will focus a special blue or red light onto the area of your cancer for about 15 minutes. You may feel stinging or burning while this is...
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) combines light energy with drugs called photosensitizers to treat a variety of skin conditions. Dermatologists most frequently use photodynamic therapy to treat actinic keratosis (AK), a precancerous skin condition that presents as rough, scaly patches.
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.