I had acne when I was a teenager and part of the standard treatment for teenage acne then was the “light room”, essentially an above the neck tanning booth turned all the way up to High for about 3 or 4 minutes. I wore protective eye goggles and shortly resembled a raccoon with my mild sunburn. This treatment, along with tetracycline and…
I had acne when I was a teenager and part of the standard treatment for teenage acne then was the “light room”, essentially an above the neck tanning booth turned all the way up to High for about 3 or 4 minutes. I wore protective eye goggles and shortly resembled a raccoon with my mild sunburn. This treatment, along with tetracycline and other topical treatments, went on monthly for over 2 years. At 67 my current dermatologist believes this teenage light room experience may be responsible for my current basil cell carcinoma located exclusively on my face. So much to unpack, relearn, unlearn in our world.
I had acne when I was a teenager and part of the standard treatment for teenage acne then was the “light room”, essentially an above the neck tanning booth turned all the way up to High for about 3 or 4 minutes. I wore protective eye goggles and shortly resembled a raccoon with my mild sunburn. This treatment, along with tetracycline and other topical treatments, went on monthly for over 2 years. At 67 my current dermatologist believes this teenage light room experience may be responsible for my current basil cell carcinoma located exclusively on my face. So much to unpack, relearn, unlearn in our world.