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be careful with Levulan (aminolevulinic acid)

Some good digging from Aurelia, this time on Levulan. Thanks for scouring the archives for us Aurelia. I know it takes quite a bit of effort to find and quote the most helpful posts.

Quote From: Levulan (was IPL resource page).
Hi Eric,Although there’s nothing about Levulan in the RSRP as yet, there is a lot about it in the RS archives.

When aminolevulinic acid (Levulan) …

 

photodynamic therapy for rhinophyma

Rosacea News was interested in a recent paper about Photodynamic Therapy and Rhinophyma. It has been mentioned online and at a glance looks very interesting. The trouble with quoting just the title is that you have no idea what the article deals with. Look closely, it is only 2 pages.

Pubmed lists this paper, but it requires a bit more digging to find any more …

 

Photodynamic Therapy and ALA (ALA-PDT)

From Skin & Aging, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2005, Pages: 42 – 51

The Ever-Increasing Role of ALA-PDT, Part 2
The topical application of 5-amino-levulinic acid (ALA) and exposure to a variety of lasers and light sources and photodynamic therapy (PDT), has become a very popular dermatologic procedure for a variety of clinical concerns affecting our patients. Presently, 20% 5-aminolevulinic acid (Levulan) is the only …