Plus it doesn t cause awful side effects.
Blue light treatment for skin cancer on face.
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.
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.
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.
What is actinic keratosis.
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.
More commonly known as photodynamic therapy pdt blue light therapy works often as well as surgery or radiation therapy.
Blue light therapy is an fda approved in office treatment for actinic keratoses precancerous lesions.
Insurances typically cover the full cost of the treatment but this varies by insurance.
During the treatment we apply a topical photosensitizing drug to the skin.
You may feel stinging or burning while this is done.
It can actually be used to prevent skin cancer and remove both precancerous skin.
These lesions are typically found in areas of the body that are frequently exposed to the sun including the face head and arms.