Researchers are always looking for new pdt drugs and new ways to give them.
Side effects of blue light treatment.
Studies suggest that it can improve but.
Possible side effects of blue light therapy.
Overall hu says blue light therapy is safe and well tolerated most patients experience a temporary sensitivity to light following their treatment.
Since there are some mild side effects it is recommended that patients always undergo light therapy treatment under the care and supervision of a physician rather than attempting to self medicate.
Led or light emitting diode therapy is a skincare treatment that uses varying wavelengths of light including red and blue.
Blue light therapy may help improve the symptoms of psoriasis especially erythema 22 23.
However this will fade within about six weeks.
Serious side effects of levulan kerastick are unlikely.
Pdt is also being combined with other types of treatment such surgery and radiation therapy.
A special blue light rather than laser light is used to activate this drug.
You also may be able to manage side effects by reducing treatment time moving farther from your light box taking breaks during long sessions or changing the time of day you use light therapy.
Blue light therapy is an fda approved non invasive phototherapy treatment for acne.
Nasa originally developed it for plant growth experiments on.
Light in the blue wavelength is used to kill acne causing bacteria.
Side effects can include jitteriness headache nausea skin irritation eye irritation and poor vision.
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.
Pdt has also used for acne rosacea thin nonmelanoma skin cancers sun damage enlarged sebaceous glands wrinkles warts hidradenitis.
Side effects of blue light therapy immediately following treatment the area may be red swollen tender and mildly bruised or blistered especially when medication has been applied to the skin.
Full body blue light therapy helped treat atopic dermatitis and reduced itch in a study where 36 adults received five day treatment cycles of radiation.