For many scalp psoriasis sufferers, exposure to UVA/UVB light can keep the symptoms completely under control. Research shows that it is one of the most effective treatments available. Ever been sunning yourself on holiday and noticed how much better your psoriasis became? Thats how psoriasis light therapy works.
Psoriasis light therapy, otherwise known as "Phototherapy" uses ultraviolet light to slow down the rate at which the new skin cells grow. Two types of ultraviolet lights are used to treat psoriasis. They are ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB). UVA goes deeper into the skin and this treatment takes a maximum of 20 minutes in every treatment session. Sometimes UVA is used with some topical drugs for psoriasis for the treatment. UVB treatments are more effective than UVA.
The exposure time for UVB varies as it involves increasing the light wavelength onto a skin until the skin stops turning red. Once the skin stops turning red, time is increased and these scalp psoriasis treatments are provided on daily basis for a given period of time. UVB can be used alone, used with a number of tar products or used with anthralin that is applied on the skin to treat the skin conditions. Generally phototherapy can be used with other drugs or just by itself. Severe psoriasis is treated by using UVB alone.
Until recently psoriasis light therapy has only been available in dermatology clinics however with recent technological advancements psoriasis light therapy equipment has now been made available to the home user which research shows is just as effective. We offer several of these devices below.
If you are planning on purchasing psoriasis light therapy equipment really would recommend you buy one of the psoriasis light therapy guide books as well. With some endorsed titles featured below. Although all of the devices are extremely easy to use it would be wise to be well versed on the in's and out's of psoriasis light therapy.
