Photodynamic therapy is my preferred therapy for the treatment of actinic keratoses or light-induced changes in the skin.
The principle of this treatment consists of an inflammatory reaction of the skin, which causes the cells created by the influence of sunlight to detach.
We clean the skin and anaesthetize the treated areas with a cream.
After one hour, a gel is applied, the active ingredient of which is necessary for the development of the inflammatory reaction.
This gel is worked into the skin with a small needle (microneedling).
After this preparation, the areas to be treated are illuminated with daylight for 2 hours.
This exposure leads to the desired inflammatory reaction, which continues after the treatment.
The skin is initially reddened and overheated and the feeling reminds of sunburn.
In the practice we cool your skin, apply a soothing cream and do not discharge you without having applied light protection to the treated areas beforehand.
During the next few days you may experience slight pain, redness, crusts, swelling, itching and/or burning of the skin.
Please protect the treated areas from direct UV light for 4 weeks and consistently use SPF 50 light protection.
Duration: approx. 4 hours, 1st check after 3-4 days