Photorejuvination (Intense Pulsed Light) | Photodynamic Rejuvination (PDT)
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) treatments with Levulan® (ALA) HAS DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED WITH COSMETIC AS WELL AS MEDICAL BENEFITS OF INTENSE PULSED LIGHT TREATMENT. NOT ONLY ARE THE USUAL SIGNS OF SUN DAMAGE IMPROVED SUCH AS BLOTCHY PIGMENTATION AND REDNESS BUT PRECANCEROUS CHANGES ARE ATTACKED. The INCONVENICE TIME IS MINIMAL; THE patient SHOULD remain indoors for several days after a treatment AND WILL NOTICE A MILD TO MODERATE SUNBURN REACTION.

Dr. Dannaker pioneered photodynamic rejuvenation on the Central Coast. He employs a specialized protocol which includes enhancing the penetration of the Levulan (ALA) and activation not only with the Intense Pulsed Light device but with his Low Level Laser Light (LLLL) unit in order to maximize results.

PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHOTODYNAMIC REJUVENATION, PATIENTS HAD TO TREAT THESE PRECANCEROUS CHANGES WITH TOPICAL CREAMS THAT CAUSED THE SKIN TO BECOME RED AND PAINFUL, OFTER FOR A MONTH OR MORE. WITH PHOTODYNAMIC REJUVENATION THIS PROCESS CAN TAKE PLACE IN A FEW DAYS INSTEAD OF A MONTH. SKIN BENEFITS GO FAR BEYOND REMOVAL OF PRECANCERS (ACTINIC KERATOSES) AND INCLUDE SUBSTANCIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE SKIN TEXTURE, PIGMENTATION AND FINE LINES.

INTENSE PULSED LIGHT CAN BE USED TO TREAT MANY COMMON SKIN PROBLEMS SUCH AS:

• Facial telangiectasias (blood vessels)
• Flushing and redness
• Rosacea
• Poikiloderma (red neck)
• Redness following laser skin resurfacing
• Age spots and liver spots
• Pigmented lesions

Treatments ARE TYPICALLY SCHEDULED FOR A SERIES OF THREE INTENSE PULSED LIGHT TREATMENTS OR IN THE CASE OF PHOTODYNAMIC TREATMENT, A series of TWO sessions IS OFTEN ALL THAT IS NEEDED.

Before Photodynamic Therapy (actual patient)	After (actual patient)