Effects of Visible Light on the Skin

BH Mahmoud, CL Hexsel, IH Hamzavi… - Photochemistry and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… Applications of PDT in dermatology. Premalignant skin lesions such as actinic keratosis
became the first approved dermatologic indication of PDT, and nonmelanoma skin cancers, …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the unseen: a review of Wood's lamp in dermatology

JM Dyer, VM Foy - … Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
light onto the skin which in turn reflects a visible light that a trained eye can use to diagnose
and monitor multiple dermatological … applications of Wood’s lamp in the field of dermatology. …

Light-emitting diode phototherapy in dermatological practice

RG Calderhead - Lasers in Dermatology and Medicine, 2011 - Springer
… , visible light and invisible infrared light, have different primary mechanisms. Absorption of
visible light … or less the same endpoint as the visible light photons, namely cellular activation or …

Visible light induces melanogenesis in human skin through a photoadaptive response

M Randhawa, IS Seo, F Liebel, MD Southall, N Kollias… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… of visible light on pigmentation. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of visible
light … Exposure to visible light in ex-vivo and clinical studies demonstrated an induction of …

Blue light in dermatology

M Sadowska, J Narbutt, A Lesiak - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
… The mechanism of action of visible light is not as fully understood as the widely used UVB.
In the visible light spectrum there is red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet light. In this …

Beyond the Visible: UV, IR and Fluorescence Imaging of the Skin

JM Crowther, A Davies - Photography in Clinical Medicine, 2020 - Springer
… We are used to observing the world with visible light, but changing our perspective and …
with traditional visible light imaging; however skin scientists and dermatologists can use the …

Recent developments in dermoscopy for dermatology

X Chen, Q Lu, C Chen, G Jiang - … of Cosmetic dermatology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… Dermoscopy is considered to be a bridge between clinical observation and histopathological
examination, allowing the in vivo examination of skin microstructures that are not visible to …

Is 640 nm high‐fluence visible red light a valuable adjunct for treating pemphigus vegetans? A single case report

J Wang, X Wang, Y Chen, S Liu… - … of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… We propose to consider low dosage of methylprednisolone and 640 nm high fluence visible
red light as first‐line monotherapy in pemphigus vegetans, especially in elderly patients with …

Blue light and skin: what is the intriguing link?

A Das, A Sil, P Kumar, I Khan - … and Experimental Dermatology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
light is a component of visible light in the electromagnetic spectrum, with a wavelength
range of 400–500 nm. As it has the shortest wavelength and highest energy in the visible light

Clinical and biological relevance of visible and infrared radiation

K Lawrence, M Al-Jamal, I Kohli, I Hamzavi - Principles and Practice of …, 2016 - Springer
Visible light also plays a role in the pathogenesis of solar urticarial, chronic actinic dermatitis,
and … and infrared spectrum that are also used to treat numerous dermatologic conditions. …