Dog care services in Tonbridge
Phovia Light Therapy
Phovia is an innovative way to manipulate the function of cells within the skin.
It has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects, thereby reducing our reliance on antibiotic medications.
It is a two-part system - comprising a blue LED lamp and a chromophore gel.
Phovia light therapy supports your dog’s natural skin healing by splitting a special blue light into a full rainbow spectrum
It produces multi-wavelength fluorescent light energy that can penetrate the skin to variable depths, triggering different beneficial responses at different levels.
The gel contains specialised chromophores molecules that can absorb photons of light (directed from the blue LED lamp) and then re-emit them at different wavelengths. This produces the fluorescent light energy (FLE) that is key to how the Phovia system works.
The gel is applied to the pet's skin, and then illuminated with the lamp, resulting in the biological effects we observe as more rapid skin regeneration.
Phovia light therapy is beneficial in the management of inflammatory skin conditions
and reduces our reliance on antibiotic medications:
Pyotraumatic dermatitis (acute moist hot-spots)
Superficial pyoderma (bacterial skin infections - including resistant infections)
Skin fold pyoderma (e.g. Bulldogs and Shar Peis)
Allergic dermatopathies
Interdigital furunculosis (abscesses between the toes)
Acral lick granulomas
Anal furunculosis in the German Shepherd Dog
The LED Lamp produces blue light.
The chromophores in the gel generate fluorescence under this blue light, emitting multi-wavelength fluorescence light energy (FLE).
Different wavelengths of light penetrate to different depths, and thus, drive different effects.
Blue wavelengths penetrate to 1mm, targeting bacteria and reducing microbe-induced epidermal inflammation.
Green wavelengths penetrate to a depth of 0.5-2mm, targeting fibroblasts and driving keratinocyte proliferation.
Yellow wavelengths penetrate down to 2mm, reducing inflammation and improving perfusion.
The long red wavelengths penetrate best of all, potentially as far as 6mm. They stimulate angiogenesis and reduce inflammation, stimulate ATP production as well as promoting additional collagen synthesis, leading to more rapid wound stabilisation.
Content and images curtesy of Vetoquinol - https://www.vetoquinol.com/en/phovia/how-our-system-works
