Phototherapy for Atopic Dermatitis Patients

Abstract

Phototherapy is therapeutically beneficial in some skin diseases and nowadays PUVA, broadband UVB, narrowband UVB, UVA1 have been used. The number of patients in atopic dermatitis in Japan is increased and severe type of skin lesions is very difficult to treat by routine methods. Phototherapy is now available to severe case of atopic dermatitis. Narrowband UVB is used more often in atopic dermatitis but UVA1 therapy has high effectiveness to another atopic dermatitis skin lesions such as lichenification, prurigo and erythroderma. I achieved good results for treatment in severe atopic dermatitis for 8 years using narrowband UVB and UVA1 and no skin cancer have been occurred. I will show several cases in atopic patients treated with narrowband UVB and UVA.