A special blue light rather than laser light is used to activate this drug.
Side effects of blue light treatment.
Serious side effects of levulan kerastick are unlikely.
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.
However this will fade within about six weeks.
Blue light therapy is an fda approved non invasive phototherapy treatment for acne.
Blue light therapy may help improve the symptoms of psoriasis especially erythema 22 23.
Researchers are always looking for new pdt drugs and new ways to give them.
Levulan kerastick aminolevulinic acid hcl is a photosensitizing agent used to treat warty overgrowths of skin actinic keratoses on sun exposed areas of the face and scalp treatment involves application of levulan followed 14 to 18 hours later by exposure to a special blue light that causes the treated skin cells to die and slough off.
Side effects can include jitteriness headache nausea skin irritation eye irritation and poor vision.
Pdt is also being combined with other types of treatment such surgery and radiation therapy.
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.
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.
Studies suggest that it can improve but.
Overall hu says blue light therapy is safe and well tolerated most patients experience a temporary sensitivity to light following their treatment.
When side effects do occur they may go away on their own within a few days of starting light therapy.
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.
Light in the blue wavelength is used to kill acne causing bacteria.
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.
Pdt has also used for acne rosacea thin nonmelanoma skin cancers sun damage enlarged sebaceous glands wrinkles warts hidradenitis.