Ko te tūtohu PDT matua a Shanglaite mō te whakaiti rākau e whakamahi ana i te mana o te āwhinatanga rangi mōhuhu kia tirohia ngā tohu o te hē ki roto i ngā pūtau. I te wā e tuku ai te tūtohu i ngā paihikara tāpiritanga, nō reira i te kura me te pūnaha kotahi - kotahi whero, ka puta he whakawhanaunga photochemical, ka hangaia he reactive oxygen species (ROS). E noho matua ana ngā ROS i te whakangungu rākau mā te whakahuihui i te mahinga collagen. Ko te collagen he mea matua e whai take ana i te whare, i te pono o te kiri, ahakoa ka heke haere tonu tana whakaputanga i runga i te ao, e hohepa ana ki te hanga o ngā rākau. Ki te whakapai i te whakaputanga o te collagen, ka taea e te tūtohu PDT te whakakī i ngā rākau iti me ngā rākau, ka hurihia te kiri hei whakarerekētanga me te wehenga rangiruatia. Nā te āhua mate o ngā ROS ka whakaiti i te hēmate e pa ana ki te hē o te kiri. Ka whakakorehia te hēmate, ka whakakorehia te whakakorenga o te collagen me te elastin i waenganui i te wā, ka whakapakarihia ngā huarahi o te hoki mai me te whakaora i ngā huarahi nei. Heoi anō, ko ētahi atu tūtohu PDT mō te whakaiti rākau ka whakauru hoki i ngā whakaaetanga atu, pērā i te whakatika microcurrent rānei me te āwhina o te mārama i ngā paihikara atu. Ka whakapakarihia te microcurrent i ngā rākau kanohi, ka whakapaihia ngā kauwhata kanohi, ka whakaiti i te kitea o te kiri kāpia, nō reira ka taea e te mārama i ngā paihikara atu te whakahoki i ngā take kiri tuatahi pērā i te whatumanawa rānei, me te hanga i tētahi whakaaetanga matua mō te whakaiti rākau me te whakapai hoki i te kiri whānui.