Ko te tūtohi PDT a Shanglaite hei whakatika i ngā pūtau kōkōrangi, he whakaaetanga me te whai hua mo te whakapai i te āhua o te kīngitanga kōkōrangi. E mahi ana te tūtohi i raro i ngā wana o marama īmene, nō reira i roto i te takarangi māwhero me te takarangi māwhero, i te wā e whakamahia ana ngā photosensitizers. Ko te māwhero marama he pai rawa ki te mate i ngā Propionibacterium acnes, ko enei ngā ngaru e hanga ai te kōkōrangi. Ki te pēhea te mate i ngā ngaru, ka awhina te tūtohi PDT ki te whakahē i ngā pūtau hou, whakaiti i te waenganui o te whakapai anō i ngā pūtau. I te wā e whai ana te māwhero marama, ka whakawherowhero i te pūkoraha o te kīngitanga. Ko te pūkoraha he mea nui mo te whakapai i ngā pūtau kōkōrangi e patu ana i te whenua, me te whakapai i te āhua me te whakanuiake o te kīngitanga. Ki te whakatakoto i ngā photosensitizers ki runga i te kīngitanga, ka whakawāhia e te marama mai i te tūtohi, ka puta he whiringa purea, ka hoki nei he reactive oxygen species (ROS). Ka taea e ēnei ROS te whakamate i ngā ngaru, ā, ka whakawhitiwhiti hoki i ngā pūtau kīngitanga. Ki te whakaeae atu ngā pūtau kīngitanga tata, ka whakakapihia e ngā pūtau hou, ora, ka haere tonu te whakapai i te āhua o ngā pūtau kōkōrangi. Ki te wā e whakahaere ana i te PDT tūtohi i te wā, ka pakari ake ngā pūtau kōkōrangi, ka whakapai hoki i te āhua me te tono matua o te kīngitanga. Ko te whakahaere tika o te tūtohi i runga i te wana o te marama, i te paiutu, me te wā whakahaere, ka taea te whakatika i te whakahaere mo te āhuatanga kīngitanga o te tangata, whakapai rawa i te hua o te whakatika i ngā pūtau kōkōrangi, me te whakaiti i te pūnaha o ngā pātai.