What is light therapy.
Light therapy machine for eczema.
Find out about the different types of eczema phototherapy and the risks and benefits.
Light therapy is generally reserved for adults and adolescents with widespread eczema symptoms or for those whose atopic dermatitis is not responding to first line treatments such as gentle.
It exposes you to low levels of red or near infrared light.
Infrared light is a type of.
To be considered for a course of phototherapy you or your child will need to have tried topical therapies and found that they do not control your eczema.
It can be prescribed to treat many forms of eczema in adults and children and helps to reduce itch and inflammation.
Phototherapy also called light therapy means treatment with different wavelengths of ultraviolet uv light.
Ultraviolet light is an invisible part of natural sunlight.
The others are broadband uvb phototherapy puva psoralen and uva and uva1 are other forms of phototherapy that may be used in special circumstances to treat eczema.
Light therapy machines produce carefully measured levels of ultraviolet light which is shone onto your whole body or the area of your skin that needs treatment.
Eczema light therapy is a treatment for moderate to severe cases of eczema.
These can include eczema psoriasis and vitiligo when patches of your skin lose their colour.