Is Phototherapy Destined to the Fate of Slide Rules?
T hough I’m not much of a serious collector of anything, somewhere in my basement is a collection of slide rules amassed during the high school years. At one time, my pride possession was a very high-quality Pickett slide rule. Ah, the Pickett, the Cadillac of slide rules. For a long time it was beyond my means, but when the first calculator arrived, these Pickett’s slide rules went on sale. A short time later, they were gone for good. The Future of Phototherapy Thinking about the fate of slide rules made me ponder whether phototherapy may suffer the same fate. Psoriasis specialty care has revolved around the phototherapy unit. We have to remember, though, that this “business” isn’t the phototherapy business, it’s the psoriasis treatment business. We need to be ready to change. Biologics are a huge advance for patients who need them. It’s awesome to see psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis melt away with biologic treatment. But will biologics replace phototherapy the way calculators repla
