Procedure: PhotoDynamic Therapy for Sun Damage
PhotoDynamic Therapy (PDT), Chula Vista, San Diego

Photos: Before & After Pictures

Treating premature aging and Actinic Keratosis

Years of sun exposure plays havoc with your skin. Besides skin discoloration from red and brown spots, enlarged pores, and collagen breakdown, you may develop more serious conditions that can threaten your well being.

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) has multiple applications. Besides being effective for reversing the results of sun damage mentioned above, it is an FDA approved treatment for pre-cancerous Actinic Keratosis.

What is Actinic Keratosis?

Actinic Keratosis (AK) is common pre-malignant skin condition that can signal the early beginnings of skin cancer.

AK lesions are scaly rough spots that develop as a result to prolonged exposure to the sun (ultraviolet radiation) over the years.

As time passes, untreated AK can progress to squamous cell carcinoma, the second most common and more serious skin cancer.

Benefits of PDT:

• Well tolerated
• Scarring has never been reported
• FDA approved for treatment of pre-malignant Actinic Keratosis
• PDT uses Levulan (ALA) a “smart solution” that specifically targets and destroys damaged cells in the skin which have the potential to develop into skin cancer

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