• Completely revised and expanded to reflect dramatic transformations in the field over the past decade, the Third Edition
• offers new chapters and sections on the applications, benefits, and limitations of narrowband UV phototherapy; light treatment for acne; UVA-1 phototherapy for eczema; and targeted phototherapy with lasers
• evaluates each UV treatment in terms of its biologic effects, methods of patient selection, treatment protocols, and short- and long-term adverse effects
• contains expanded discussions of bath and soak PUVA therapy for psoriasis
• reviews the many available combined treatment regimens, including their indications, contraindications, and protocols
• considers the use of PUVA therapy for the treatment of scleroderma, morphea, necrobiosis, and pigmented purpuras
• details the economics and equipment involved in photomedical technology
• provides an increased number of tables and lists of key points

With a greater emphasis on the basic principles, practical recommendations, and economics of phototherapy, the Third Edition remains the standard source on the UV treatment of skin disease-presenting an expanded number of case studies, clinical solutions, and treatment protocols for a clear understanding of the present and future state of phototherapy, photochemotherapy, and phototesting in the dermatologic arena.