Morsani College of Medicine

Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery

Posts Tagged Psoriasis

Treatment Options for Psoriasis
January 31, 2013

Living with psoriasis can be difficult and uncomfortable.  There are many treatment options available including topical steroid creams, oral medications, and light therapy treatments.  All of these treatments work well but have various side effects.  There is another option for treating psoriasis: the eximer laser. This treatment delivers 308-nm ultraviolet light to localized affected skin to help control mild to […]

Photo Light Therapy
October 7, 2009

PUVA and Narrow Band Photo Light Therapy are used for the treatment of various skin diseases and disorders such as psoriasis, eczema, itching and hard to treat atopic dermatitis. The benefits to photo light therapy is the improvement of existing lesions, reduction of new lesions, and in some cases a near total clearing of the disease process. USF Health Dermatology […]