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Can blue light phototherapy cause skin cancer?
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No.: Blue is not ultraviolet, and will not cause deep-layer burns.
Answered 11/4/2011
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No: Only ultraviolet light is known to cause skin cancer and there is no ultraviolet light in this type of phototherapy.
Answered 1/5/2019
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