Australian Ultra Violet Services Pty Ltd has been providing Phototherapy equipment to Australian Dermatologists for over 25 years.
AUVS are the Australian distributors of Phototherapy equipment manufactured by Daavlin of Bryan, Ohio, USA.
Phototherapy, or light therapy, is a form of treatment for skin conditions using artificial light wavelengths from the ultraviolet part of the sun’s spectrum. In this way, light of certain wavelengths can be delivered with a higher intensity, but without the light of all the other wavelengths that are present in sunlight, e.g. visible light and infrared (heat producing light).
Whilst it was first used in the treatment of psoriasis, a number of other skin conditions including eczema, vitiligo (where pigment cells are damaged resulting in white patches), skin-based lymphoma and some cases of generalised itchy skin (especially due to kidney or liver disease), can be treated this way if they haven’t responded to other treatments. Phototherapy is not suitable for all forms of psoriasis and eczema and may even aggravate some forms of these diseases.