Home Phototherapy - Please Share Your Experience - Forum

Hi R.Salcedo,

If you do excimer Laser treatment, it will be hard to find an equivalent home unit, since it's very powerful.

However, I see 3 options to you:

1- A full body stand-up UVB-NB machine (UVBiotek single panel 100B). Price range is $2000-$3000. In this case, the idea is a full body short exposure time (usually 30s-40s). It can be boosted by pseudocatalase cream.

2- A hand held UVB-NB fixture (Dermalite 80 UVB). It comes with one PL-S 9W/01 bulb. In this case, the idea is a targeted exposure to each patch. Exposure time will vary from patch to patch, depending on the necessary energy transfer.

It can also be boosted by pseudocatalase cream.

More details at:

http://www.vitiligomap.com/manageUVB.html

http://www.vitiligomap.com/germantreat.html

3- If money is not a issue, there is one excimer unit by Alma Lasers that might be possible to be purchased for home use purpose. Check http://www.almalasers.com/alma-products/308-excimer/

In this case, exposure time is similar to what you have currently in your treatment.

Disclaimer

Content available on this post is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Only your healthcare provider should diagnose your health problems and prescribe a treatment. Your reliance upon whatsoever obtained by you at or through this post is solely at your own risk. The statements made within this post have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA

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Angela Prettelt March 4, 2017 at 11:08am

I have been using a home phototherapy device by National Biological for 14 weeks.It is Dermalight 90 model. I am very pleased with the results. I would say my vitiligo is at least 50 percent better. I have also eliminated gluten and soy from my diet.
- R. Salcedo > Angela Prettelt March 16, 2017 at 3:03pm
  
  Have gluten and soy been found to be linked to vitiligo?
  - kevin > R. Salcedo March 16, 2017 at 11:50pm
    
    Gluten is a cliche when it comes to this one. No grains are good.
  - Angela Prettelt > R. Salcedo March 16, 2017 at 11:43pm
    
    It has been linked to auto immune disease. Very hard to do, but worth it!
- kevin > Angela Prettelt March 16, 2017 at 5:08am
  
  You eat red meat?
  - Angela Prettelt > kevin March 16, 2017 at 7:51am
    
    I occasionally eat red meat. I have not eliminated it from my diet, but do not eat it often. I mainly eat seafood or chicken.
Robot January 7, 2017 at 7:59am

Hi R.Salcedo,

If you do excimer Laser treatment, it will be hard to find an equivalent home unit, since it's very powerful.

However, I see 3 options to you:

1- A full body stand-up UVB-NB machine (UVBiotek single panel 100B). Price range is $2000-$3000. In this case, the idea is a full body short exposure time (usually 30s-40s). It can be boosted by pseudocatalase cream.

2- A hand held UVB-NB fixture (Dermalite 80 UVB). It comes with one PL-S 9W/01 bulb. In this case, the idea is a targeted exposure to each patch. Exposure time will vary from patch to patch, depending on the necessary energy transfer.

It can also be boosted by pseudocatalase cream.

More details at:

http://www.vitiligomap.com/manageUVB.html

http://www.vitiligomap.com/germantreat.html

3- If money is not a issue, there is one excimer unit by Alma Lasers that might be possible to be purchased for home use purpose. Check http://www.almalasers.com/alma-products/308-excimer/

In this case, exposure time is similar to what you have currently in your treatment.

Disclaimer

Content available on this post is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Only your healthcare provider should diagnose your health problems and prescribe a treatment. Your reliance upon whatsoever obtained by you at or through this post is solely at your own risk. The statements made within this post have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA

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