Photodynamic Therapy

Photodynamic therapy is one of the exciting new therapies, which has been discovered in the last few years. Here, we apply a cream with a special, light-sensitive substance before the skin is treated with red or green light. With this cream, a component of the colour of the blood, called 5-aminolaevolinic-acid is applied to the skin, which will concentrate in the transformed cell. Due to the energy, which is transformed to the 5-ALA, the affected cell is destroyed selectively and the rest of the skin remains unharmed. Therefore, this treatment is extraordinarily selective and effective, because only affected skin is treated. With this treatment, skin tumours can be removed, which would normally undergo surgery.

During the procedure, the patient feels a slight heat sensation like a medium sunburn. Later on slight redness, swelling and crusty areas may appear.

Because of the selective ability of this type of treatment on affected and pre-aged skin cells, a visible renovation of the skin can be observed during the treatment. Therefore we use the PDT also for Skin Resurfacing of pre-aged skin. You can expect better texture of the skin, less wrinkles and an improvement of the colouring.

PDT is used for:

– Basal cell carcinomas, spinal cell carcinomas, actinic keratosis

– Acne

– Warts

-Skin resurfacing