Effects from photodynamic therapy?
I have suffered from acne for 2 years and it has become pretty severe. Last wednesday (4 days ago), I had a photodynamic therapy done with the levulan acid and blue light. They said it would be sort of painful in the sun but I barely felt a thing. I had red skin for a day or two then it went to kind of orange skin and yesterday and today I was peeling. What I'm worried about is that the peeling is already slowing down and I HARDLY got any at all. Just enough to keep me home, not nearly the amount they said I would experience. I'm worried if this treatment didn't have the right effect or if I did something wrong. My skin looks a little better but hardly anything worth 0, just smaller blackheads but still the big pimples and some cysts around my face. I know this isn't an exact question, but if anyone could give some insight on whether it will still heal more or if I didn't have enough peeling I will make it best answer!
October 4th, 2010 - 05:08
Have you tried oral antibiotics like tetracycline (doxycycline)? You may ask your doctor about that as a treatment for severe acne. Peeling is not a good thing but a side effect of the treatment (which was just to kill the bacteria.)