Blue Light Therapy for Sebaceous Hyperplasia?

In my practice, I treat sebaceous gland hyperplasia with a combination of chemical peels and pulse dye laser.  This works effectively and is cost effective for patients.  Blue light does not provide satsifactory results in a meaningful period of time. 

Sebaceous Hyperplasia is a stubborn condition that a few of our staff members have been dealing with. We currently use a combination laser treatment plan with the pulsed dye laser and the erbium glass laser. Unfortunately, as many as 8 or more treatments are required for optimal results. We also have used Levulan (aminolevulinic acid with photodynamic therapy) with fair results until we started incubating for a much longer period of time, activated with a puseld dye laser and then... more

While there is some evidence in the dermatology literature that PDT (photodynamic therapy) works, there are much more effective and cheaper alternatives. The pulsed dye laser is actually considerably more effective for the treatment of sebaceous gland hyperplasia. ( Incidentally, there are only two glands in the male which enlarge as we get older, the prostate gland and the sebaceous gland!). We have a Blu-light, IPL blue and red lights but I have never felt the need to use them for tthese... more

 I have not found ALA with blue light effective for sebaceous hyperplasia. I feel very superficial electro-cautery gets great results. It is not a cure and the lesions will continue to grow, but it is an effective way of keeping them flat and its not expensive.