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Serving Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Grimsby and surrounding areas
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- Disseminated Superficial Actinic Porokeratosis (DSAP):
- Usually appears as small rough ring shaped spots on the shins
- Sometimes can appear on the forearms
- Is genetic, and inherited in 50% of cases
- Is triggered by sun exposure, especially prior to the age of 40
- Is not cancer
- Is not contagious
- If not treated, it can rarely develop into a squamous cell carcinoma
Prevention of DSAP, and other skin cancers:
- Wear a hat with a broad brim and protective clothing (e.g. long sleeves)
- Avoid the outdoors when the sun is strongest between the hours of 10 am to 3 pm
- Use a sunscreen year round
- Wear a sunscreen which resists water and sweating and which protects against both UVA and UVB
- Reapply sunscreen every hour if you are in water or sweating heavily
- Wear sunscreen even if you are in the shade, it is still possible to burn
- Avoid tanning beds
- The ultraviolet light from tanning beds in known to cause skin cancer
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Liquid Nitrogen:
- Is a cold freezing spray that is applied in the office
- Causes the spots to become red, swollen and crusted
- The spots will heal within 7 to 14 days
- You can bathe or shower normally
- The treated areas do not need to be covered by bandages
Prescription Creams :
- A variety of creams are available
- Please talk to your doctor about your options
Levulan Photodynamic Therapy (ALA PDT):
- This treatment combines a medication called Levulan with either
- Levulan PDT may be used to treat pre-cancerous sun spots, DSAP or acne
What are the advantages of Levulan PDT compared with other treatments?:
- Unlike creams it has the advantage of being able to treat large areas in a single visit
- Unlike liquid nitrogen, the treatment is not painful
- It treats precancerous spots before they can be seen
- Preventing skin cancer from developing
Levulan-IPL Photodynamic Therapy
- Non-invasive and effective
- Used to treat acne, actinic keratoses (prec-cancerous sun spots), DSAP, as well as sun-damaged skin
- Acts by killing acne causing bacteria, overactive oil glands and premalignant skin cells and precancers
- Almost any area can be treated including:
- Face and neck
- Arms and hands
- Feet and legs
- Chest and back
- Scalp
- The Levulan-IPL PDT treatment works with most skin types (I-IV) (from pale Caucasian to dark European and very light Asian)
- Levulan-IPL PDT cannot be used for darker skin types (V, VI) (South Asian, African) or if you have a tan
- In this situation I recommend Blue Light PDT instead, which:
- Can be used in all skin types
- Can be used even if the skin is tanned
- To learn more about Blue Light PDT, please click here
- In this situation I recommend Blue Light PDT instead, which:
- As an added bonus, Levulan PDT also treats:
- Brown freckling
- Enlarged pores
- Sun damage
- Depleted skin collagen
- All of these lead to smoother, younger looking skin and reduced redness at the same time
- The cost of Levulan PDT is partially covered on most private drug insurance plans
- The cost of Levulan PDT is not covered on the Ontario ODSP (OHIP) drug plan for patients over 65 years of age
- If you would like to learn more about Levulan PDT for the treatment of DSAP and skin cancer prevention, please click here
Would you like to see a Video Demonstration?
- I am pleased to offer a new section on the website with video demonstrations of various procedures
- To watch a video-clip in which Dr. V talks about:
- Levulan PDT Treatments, please click here
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Cherry Hemangioma – Eye Brow
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DSAP – Shin
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Cherry Hemangioma – Eye Brow
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Microdermabrasion to Prepare the Skin Before a Levulan PDT Treatment
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Cherry Hemangioma – Eye Brow
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Cherry Hemangioma – Eye Brow
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Cherry Hemangioma – Eye Brow
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Blue Light uset to activate Levulan
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Cherry Hemangioma – Eye Brow
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