How Is PhotoDynamic Therapy Performed
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) also known as photoradiation therapy isused to treat numerous skin conditions, most commonly actinic keratoses and superficial nonmelanoma skin cancers. This involves exposure to a photosensitizer followed by light activation and resultant cell death through the formation of singlet oxygen and other free radicals. Photodynamic therapy has been reported in the early [...]
Photodynamic therapy may improved appearance of the aging skin
October 28, 2008 by Deepak
Filed under Anti Aging
Photodynamic therapy—which involves a light-activated medication and exposure to a light source—appears to produce changes at the molecular level in aging skin thus improving appearance of the aging skin, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. These changes are consistent with increased collagen production and [...]
