You may feel stinging or burning while this is done.
Blue light treatment for skin cancer on face.
More commonly known as photodynamic therapy pdt blue light therapy works often as well as surgery or radiation therapy.
What is actinic keratosis.
Blue light therapy is an fda approved in office treatment for actinic keratoses precancerous lesions.
The initial approval was specifically for the treatment of actinic keratosis of the face and scalp with application of the photosensitizer followed by a timed exposure to a special blue light source.
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 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 precancerous skin.
Insurances typically cover the full cost of the treatment but this varies by insurance.
Pdt has also used for acne rosacea thin nonmelanoma skin cancers sun damage enlarged sebaceous glands wrinkles warts hidradenitis suppurativa psoriasis and many other skin conditions.
During the treatment we apply a topical photosensitizing drug to the skin.
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.
A relatively easy procedure blue light therapy has successfully treated multiple conditions including cancer actinic keratosis a type of superficial skin cancer and acne.