• Benefits to healthcare providers
    • Allows more flexible options in the way medical professionals can treat skin cancers
    • The potential to free up hospital beds and cubicles
    • Reduces overheads
  • Benefits to patients
    • PDT offers reduced scarring
    • More convenient than conventional PDT
    • More comfortable treatment
  • Benefits to medical professionals
    • Simple and easy to use
    • Can increase patient throughput
    • Avoids expensive PDT facility set-up costs

How is PDT treatment carried out?

The 5-ALA or methyl-ALA cream will then be applied and kept in place with a see-through plastic dressing.   Depending on the nature of the lesion being treated, you will have the device applied and light treatment will take place over a period of about 3 hours.  

Treatment is usually repeated one week later, although this can be longer in some circumstances.