Blue light therapy is an fda approved in office treatment for actinic keratoses precancerous lesions.
Blue light for skin cancer treatment.
Pdt is also known as ala pdt treatment or super blue light.
More commonly known as photodynamic therapy pdt blue light therapy works often as well as surgery or radiation therapy.
Blue light treatment is a non invasive procedure.
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.
Insurances typically cover the full cost of the treatment but this varies by insurance.
Your dermatologist will apply a chemical solution to the affected areas and subsequently expose that same area to blue light.
The reaction from the chemicals oxygen and the blue light is what destroys the precancerous or cancerous skin cells.
A special blue light rather than laser light is used to activate this drug.
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.
You may feel stinging or burning while this is done.
27 2014 healthday news treating pre cancerous skin spots with a type of light therapy may be more effective than the usual therapy freezing the lesions with liquid.
It can actually be used to prevent skin cancer and remove both precancerous skin.
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.
Plus it doesn t cause awful side effects.
Blue light therapy is most commonly used to treat sun damage and premalignant or malignant skin cancer growths.
It s used to treat actinic keratosis ak a skin condition that can become cancer and is used only on the face or scalp.