METHOD OF TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF KELOIDS AND HYPERTROPHIC SCARS USING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION

摘要

A method is presented to prevent formation of a scar or keloid following an insult to an area of a mammalian skin creating a lesion defining an outer surface, where the lesion reaches at least the dermis of the skin. The method includes irradiating the lesion with electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between 410 nm and 430 nm for an exposure time long enough that the energy density received by the outer surface of the lesion is comprised between 15 J/cm2 and 120 J/cm2.