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Blue light therapy - What were your experiences?
Skin Health | Last Active: Jan 31 11:26am | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
Hello @kslates,
I moved your discussion and combined it with a discussion titled:
"Blue light therapy - What were your experiences?"
- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/anyone-received-blue-light-therapy-felt-nothing-during-treatment/
@kiwigirl94 started this discussion because of their experience feeling very little on their face when they underwent blue light therapy. @groversgirl and @marye2 also shared their experiences.
@kslates, have you had a chance to talk about your concerns with your provider about the length they want you to go under the blue light? Did they explain why they wanted you to undergo a longer duration than typically administered?
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@JustinMcClanahan contacted my doctor and she said that the order was in for 16 minutes 40 seconds and not an hour. So I’m not really sure why the RN/tech were I was trying to make the appointment said an hour. I’m still super nervous since I have fair skin and always just burn in the sun. I always put sunscreen on. But I’m terrified of any possible side effects like scarring has anybody with fair skin had scarring because of the blue light?
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Justin: Blue light therapy is a wonderful way to treat sun damaged skin with actinic keratoses . As a plastic surgeon I have had Blue Light Therapy about 10 times over many years ( face and scalp ). Good news, the new routine now is application of the Levulan and immediately go under the light for 30 minutes instead of an hour of Levulan then 16 minutes under the light. The new routine is almost totally painless and just as effective. I am a big proponent of Blue Light and my insurance has paid every time.