Light therapy

Application

Applications for the following diseases

• Atopic dermatitis (neurodermatitis)
• Chronic hand eczema
• Exanthematic lichen ruber (nodular lichen)
• Forms of necrobiosis lipoidica
• Graft-versus-host disease after bone marrow transplantation
• Granuloma anulare
• Lichen sclerosus et atrophicans
• Mastocytosis of the skin (urticaria pigmentosa)
• Morphea
• Pityriasis lichenoides acuta and chronica
• Pruritus (itching) with various underlying diseases or idiopathic genesis
• Psoriasis vulgaris (psoriasis)
• T-cell lymphomas of the skin (mycosis fungoides)
• Vitiligo (white skin spot disease)

Photodiagnostics

The following clarifications are applied:

• Light staircase to determine the patient’s sensitivity in the UVA and UVB range
• Minimum phototoxic dose before PUVA therapy
• Photodynamic diagnostics
• Photopatch tests for the diagnosis of photoallergies
• Photoprovocations for the diagnosis of polymorphic light dermatosis, photoallergies, lupus erythematosus and other light dermatoses
• Visible light

Irradiation sources

The clinic has a wide “park” of light therapy/diagnostic devices, which is constantly updated according to new technical developments.

Our spectrum includes:

• Excimer UV-B 308nm
• Exposure comb
• UV-A1 high-pressure lamps
• PUVA (psoralen plus UVA) in the form of systemic PUVA, bath PUVA and re-PUVA
• Red light sources for PDT (photodynamic therapy and diagnostics)
• Daylight cabin for PDT
• Narrow spectrum UV-B 311nm
• UV-A / UV-B