Light Therapy | Photodynamic (PDT) [Dermatology]

Dr. Anderson explains photodynamic light therapy, shows what it looks like and what it treats. This treatment is also referred to as Blue Light Therapy or Red Light Therapy.


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Partial Video Transcript:

"This video is going to be talking to you about prevention of the consequences that happen from sun damage, once you've already started experiencing the consequences.

So you've had pre-cancers or actinic keratosis treated by your local dermatologists, and sometimes those treatments are either through freezing or creams, but there's also another treatment called light therapy. And light therapy is broken down into blue light and red light. And with each types of light therapy there are different activators, but the procedure is the same. And the goals are the same, and the reasons why we're doing it are the same..."

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Dr. Reagan Anderson is Board Certified Dermatologist and a Mohs Micrographic Surgeon.

Education & Credentials:

• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
• American Osteopathic Association Approved Internship, Family Practice
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton
• Undersea/Diving Medical Officer, UMO/DMO
Naval Undersea Medical Institute
• Master of Christian Studies
Regent College
• Master of Public Health
School of Health Management, ATSU
• Dermatology Residency
Michigan State University/Oakwood Southshore Medical Center
• Board Certified Dermatologist
American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology
• Fellow Member of the American Society of Mohs Surgeons
• Certificate of Added Qualification for Mohs Surgery
American Osteopathic Board of Dermatology
• Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Rocky Vista University
• USMC First Reconnaissance Battalion Surgeon (former)

Practice Information:
Colorado Dermatology Institute
Colorado Springs, CO
http://www.coderm.com