Blu Light Treatment Actinic Keratosis

Insurances typically cover the full cost of the treatment but this varies by insurance.

Blu light treatment actinic keratosis.

The treatment can be administered in your local practitioner s office which makes it a convenient treatment method. The blue light is of low intensity and will not heat the skin. Blue light therapy treatment is usually a very quick process and is almost always done as an outpatient procedure. However during the light treatment which lasts 16 minutes you will experience sensations of tingling stinging prickling or burning of the treated spots.

The treatment can precisely destroy the pre cancerous growths causing little damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. First you take a medicine that makes your skin more sensitive to light. During the treatment we apply a topical photosensitizing drug to the skin. If left untreated ak s can develop into skin cancers called squamous cell carcinomas.

According to the skin cancer foundation blue light therapy or pdt is an fda approved treatment for actinic keratosis. Fluorouracil cream carac fluoroplex efudex imiquimod cream aldara zyclara ingenol mebutate gel picato diclofenac gel voltaren solaraze. 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. These feelings of discomfort should improve by the end of the light treatment.

Prior to blue light treatment the actinic keratoses will be rinsed with tap water. Then your doctor will point a strong red or blue light at your skin to switch on the drug and destroy actinic keratosis. The blue light can render the small but not to be ignored pre cancerous patches harmless. The exception to this may be photodynamic therapy on high risk areas for cancer.