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Levulan Photodynamic Therapy w/ Blue Light or IPL

A consultation and 2 week Clinical skin prep is required prior to a Levulan treatment.

Levulan Photodynamic Therapy is the most recent advance in photorejuvenation. Levulan Photodynamic skin rejuvenation involves the application of Levulan which is then activated with IPL and blue-light. This results in significant improvement in acne, moderate to severe cystic acne, precancerous conditions such as AKs, actinically damaged skin, sun damaged skin and potentially superficial skin cancers. Additionally it improves wrinkles, pore size, skin texture, pigmentation, rosacea, sebaceous hyperplasia, and potentially prevents the development of skin cancer. Blue Light Levulan Photodynamic Therapy can even work in patients who have failed accutane. Accutane also targets the sebaceous gland but accutane has fairly toxic side effects. Levulan is a much safer alternative to accutane treatment.

Blue Light Levulan Photodynamic Therapy for acne treatment involves three mechanisms of action against acne. Levulan PDT inactivates the bacteria that trigger acne, exfoliates the skin to unclog pores, and the most exciting mechanism is that levulan treatment shuts down the sebaceous glands in the skin. This is exciting because sebaceous glands are the root cause in the formation of acne so it has a long lasting effect even on severe acne.

Levulan Photodynamic Therapy Procedure:

• A nurse or aesthetician will apply the medicine
• After aprox. 1 hour levulan will be activated with IPL (light skin) and/or blue-light (dark skin)
• You will be given special goggles to wear to protect your eyes during the treatment
• During the treatment you may feel stinging, tingling, prickling, or burning of the lesions, but this should go away after the treatment
• You should stay out of the sun and bright light as much as possible for the next 48 hours
• The skin will turn red and slightly swollen in the following 2-5 days
• Some slight crusting similar to a strong chemical peel may be noted
• There should be some discomfort, but no significant pain
• After 5-7 days, there might be some residual redness that will subside after a few days and can be covered with make up.

Levulan Therapy w/ Blue Light $250/ Pkg of 4 $875
Levulan Therapy w/ IPL $325/ PKG of 3 $850