Plus it doesn t cause awful side effects.
Blue light treatment for skin cancer on face.
During the treatment we apply a topical photosensitizing drug to the skin.
It can actually be used to prevent skin cancer and remove both precancerous skin.
What is actinic keratosis.
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.
You may feel stinging or burning while this is done.
Blue light therapy is an fda approved in office treatment for actinic keratoses precancerous lesions.
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.
Blue light therapy is most commonly used to treat sun damage and premalignant or malignant skin cancer growths.
A relatively easy procedure blue light therapy has successfully treated multiple conditions including cancer actinic keratosis a type of superficial skin cancer and acne.
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.
More commonly known as photodynamic therapy pdt blue light therapy works often as well as surgery or radiation therapy.
Insurances typically cover the full cost of the treatment but this varies by insurance.