The Bispebjerg Hospital in Copenhagen is currently recruiting patients for a study comparing the “efficacy and adverse effect from long-pulsed dye laser versus long-pulsed dye laser-mediated photodynamic therapy for acne vulgaris and rosacea.” The study is titled Laser-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy of Acne Vulgaris and Rosacea
When aminolevulinic acid (Levulan) is applied to the skin and it is activated by exposure to blue light or IPL, the treatment is called Photodynamic Therapy (PDT).
This study will assess whether using topical Levulan otherwise improves pulse dye laser treatment.
Further Reading ;
- PDT shows promise for rosacea treatment
- Photodynamic Therapy and ALA (ALA-PDT)
- Photodynamic Therapy works, but not by killing bacteria
- be careful with Levulan (aminolevulinic acid)
- pulse dye laser improves erythema
- pain, swelling and redness after pulse dye laser treatments
- pulsed dye laser and papulopustular rosacea
- 40 years of lasers in dermatology
- Lasers reduce `Substance P’ and PGP 9.5
- Is laser treatment right for your rosacea ?
