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Wood’s light: How does it work ?

Sunday, March 18th, 2012

What happens light is shone on to the skin this causes the collagen in the dermis to fluoresce. Examples In vitiligo, the lesions are devoid of melanin and therefore lesions are very visible wheareas the surrounding skin appears dark due to the inability of light to fluoresce. In melasma: If the melanin is epidermal, the […]

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