New Acne Treatment: Gold Photothermal Therapy (Gold PTT)
What is Gold PTT and how does it work? Gold PTT, short for Gold Photothermal Therapy, is a type of treatment used to alleviate Acne Vulgaris (or simply “acne”). As the name suggests, the treatment uses specialised gold nanoparticles to convert photon energy from a laser to thermal energy, which is then used in the acne treatment. The human skin Before we discuss in depth how gold PTT works to cure acne, we need to understand what causes acne and to do that, we need to first take a look at the human skin. The skin is made up of
