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LED Treatment for Actinic Keratosis?

anon923158Feb 16, 2011
Does LED Light Systems Help or Work with Atinic Keratosis & if So What Were the Results? I am also interested in it's use verse IPL for Rosacea. Information on IPL's is more abundant than with LED lights and hence I would appreciate input on LED.

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Dr. William Ting, MD
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