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Does Photodynamic Therapy Permanently Minimize the Sebaceous Glands?

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PS9797May 3, 2011

will photodynamic therapy permanently decrease the size of the sebaceous glands or is it only temporary?

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Dr. Deborah Sarnoff, MD
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