Blu Light Treatment Actinic Keratosis

The blue light is of low intensity and will not heat the skin.

Blu light treatment actinic keratosis.

Blue light therapy treatment is usually a very quick process and is almost always done as an outpatient procedure. The treatment can be administered in your local practitioner s office which makes it a convenient treatment method. First you take a medicine that makes your skin more sensitive to light. If left untreated ak s can develop into skin cancers called squamous cell carcinomas.

Actinic keratosis ak s rough scaly and potentially dangerous patches or bumps that appear on the skin surface can now be effectively treated with blue light. Then your doctor will point a strong red or blue light at your skin to switch on the drug and destroy actinic keratosis. Fluorouracil cream carac fluoroplex efudex imiquimod cream aldara zyclara ingenol mebutate gel picato diclofenac gel voltaren solaraze. Prior to blue light treatment the actinic keratoses will be rinsed with tap water.

You will be given goggles to wear as eye protection during the blue light treatment. Blue light therapy is an fda approved in office treatment for actinic keratoses precancerous lesions. The blue light can render the small but not to be ignored pre cancerous patches harmless. These feelings of discomfort should improve by the end of the light treatment.

According to the skin cancer foundation blue light therapy or pdt is an fda approved treatment for actinic keratosis. 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. During the treatment we apply a topical photosensitizing drug to the skin.