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Daylight PDT

Treatment for precursors of white skin cancer

The Daylight PDT (Photodynamic Therapy), a new, revolutionary method in which skin cancer precursors are simply destroyed during a walk outdoors in combination with a photosensitizing cream – and completely painlessly at that!

How does this treatment work?

White skin cancer is the result of excessive sun exposure to our skin, usually over many years, and is by far one of the most common types of cancer. These so-called “actinic keratoses” or “field cancerization” can be recognized by the reddish-rough areas that appear on the typical “sun terraces” of the human face, i.e. forehead, cheeks and arms.

Until now, these skin changes have been treated by freezing them away (“cryotherapy”), burning them off (“electrocautery”) or even using a scalpel, which is always painful and usually results in star-shaped scarring – and unfortunately only selectively.

For the first time, this new form of therapy can also be used to treat non-visible tumor areas.

Implementation

A photosensitizing cream is applied to the affected areas (after the skin is “roughened” by laser), which accumulates 10-fold in malignantly altered cells, even in deeper layers of the skin, so that tumour cells are effectively killed – during a 2-hour walk outdoors!

This is because this cream is activated in daylight and destroys all malignantly altered cells without affecting healthy tissue.

Aftercare

At home, the cream is simply washed off and a wound ointment is applied for a few days. Once the small crusts have fallen off, you can already see the result:

New, soft and above all healthy skin!

For long-lasting results, the consistent application of sun protection with SPF 50+ is recommended.

Various anti-ageing products can be used during a treatment session.  The duration of the effect varies depending on the product used. For hyaluronic acid and botulinum toxin, it is 3-4 months. The treatment can be repeated at any time and,  e.g. with vitamins or meso cocktails, can also be carried out in the form of a course of several applications in succession.