Would you recommend Blue Light Levulan treatment for sun damaged skin?

What are side effects from sun damaged skin? And would you recommend Blue Light Levulan for damaged skin?

Answers from doctors (1)


Celibre Medical Corporation

Published on Jan 10, 2012

If the sun damaged skin involved a condition called Actinic Keratosis
(precancerous skin lesions) then we might suggest photodynamic therapy
with ALA (Levulan). If the sun damage was instead just sun spots or
freckles, we would much rather use a q-switched laser like the Palomar
Q-Yag V or the Medlite C-6. It depends on the type of sun damage.

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Answered by Celibre Medical Corporation

If the sun damaged skin involved a condition called Actinic Keratosis
(precancerous skin lesions) then we might suggest photodynamic therapy
with ALA (Levulan). If the sun damage was instead just sun spots or
freckles, we would much rather use a q-switched laser like the Palomar
Q-Yag V or the Medlite C-6. It depends on the type of sun damage.

Published on Jul 11, 2012


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