Light Therapy

The goal of phototherapy is to reduce the growth of your skin cells and to treat underlying skin inflammation. Phototherapy, also known as light therapy, does this by putting ultraviolet (UV) light on your skin.

Phototherapy can be used to treat several skin conditions, including:

• Psoriasis (raised, red, scaly patches on your skin)

• Vitiligo (loss of color on patches of your skin)

• Eczema (a condition that makes your skin red and itchy)

• Lichen planus (small bumps on your skin)

• Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (a type of lymphoma that appears as patches or scaly areas on your skin)

• Itchy skin