Phototherapy in Kharkov

Phototherapy regularly used abroad for treatment of dermatological diseases is applied in Kharkiv only in some medical institutions, one of them is "ON Clinic Kharkiv".

There are several types of phototherapy: PUVA-therapy, selective phototherapy combining the emission of medium and long waves, ordinary ultraviolet disinfection and, finally, narrow-band luminotherapy. All of them differ by wave length emitted by device and by action.

The type applied at "ON Clinic Kharkiv" is narrow-band luminotherapy. It is a narrow ultraviolet-absorption spectrum affecting only epidermis, without penetrating inside the tissue. Ultraviolet waves supress local inflammation and normalize epidermis enlargement by means of newgrowth of skin cells.

If phototherapy is indicated for a patient, a doctor performs testing during primary dermatological examination, determines patient's skin phototype and selects minimal dose of ultraviolet action. Considering the skin reaction, doctors of "ON Clinic Kharkiv" select individual emission power.

There are several advantages of narrow-band phototherapy compared to another types of this method:

• local action on separate areas – a patient is not exposed completely;
• instant visible effect;
• favorable tolerability at high efficiency of treatment;
• minimal number of side effects and minimum restrictions of usage.

Phototherapy at dermatological department of "ON Clinic Kharkiv" can be prescribed in case of different skin diseases: psoriasis (it stops the mechanism of epidermis cell enlargement causing plaque formation), eczema, dermatosis, etc.

It is very important for patients to be able to combine phototherapy procedures with work schedule. The patients who have already tried different skin disease therapies decided upon the narrow-band phototherapy after having visited "ON Clinic Kharkiv". Improvements are obvious already after the first treatment procedures.