Photodynamic therapy might be a good choice for you if: You want to reduce cystic acne breakouts. The maker of blue-light photodynamic therapy explains that the blue light kills the acne-causing bacteria surrounding the sebaceous (oil) glands in your skin.
/ Photodynamic Therapy Photos. Photodynamic Therapy. Before ALA-PDT Treatment ... One treatment with acetone scrub prior to application. 30 minutte incubation followed by activation with blue light. After pictures are four weeks post treatment. Dr. Doris Day in the News. Allure Magazine Dr. Day comments on new ways to make your skin look fresh.
I had to treat with Levulan Kerastick plus blue light illumination photodynamic therapy for actinic keratosis on my face. This is now day 4 and though the swelling has gone down, my face still looks like a piece of flayed red meat left in the sun to dry. The procedure itself was unpleasant but bearable.
What is photodynamic therapy? Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is the use of a medication activated by light. PDT for treating precancerous lesions (actinic keratoses), improving skin tone and erasing sun damage utilizes a topical (on the skin) solution in conjunction with a blue light, or intense pulsed light source.