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Some types of phototherapy, a medical treatment using lightwaves, may be used to treat psoriasis, but this approach is regulated and only used under medical supervision.
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Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2024
Getting an X-ray on your hands and feet or undergoing phototherapy or light therapy can increase your risk of developing black lines on your nails.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
What is the difference between UVA and UVB/phototherapy light treatments?
—Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 15 July 2024
Tanning beds and phototherapy are not the same and the risks of tanning beds remain unequivocal.
—Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 15 July 2024
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Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2024
Getting an X-ray on your hands and feet or undergoing phototherapy or light therapy can increase your risk of developing black lines on your nails.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Oct. 2024
What is the difference between UVA and UVB/phototherapy light treatments?
—Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 15 July 2024
Tanning beds and phototherapy are not the same and the risks of tanning beds remain unequivocal.
—Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 15 July 2024
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“Phototherapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phototherapy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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phototherapy
noun
pho·to·ther·a·py
-ˈther-ə-pē 
plural phototherapies
: the application of light for therapeutic purposes
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