Topical riboflavin versus 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy for the treatment of mild to moderate acne: A split-face randomized study
The efficacy of riboflavin-PDT was comparable to that of blue-light ALA-PDT in treating mild to moderate acne vulgaris. Riboflavin-PDT had fewer in-treatment and post-treatment adverse events than ALA-PDT.
Authors
- Chong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7948-6554)
- Jianglin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0434-1729)
- Aijia Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-0444)
- Feng Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-8752)
- Li Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0362-3177)
Institutions
- Central South University (CN)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdpdt.2024.104449
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.60
Funders
- Natural Science Foundation of Shenzhen City
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality