Ko te tūāhua PDT o Shanglaite mō te whakaiti pūtau he mea mahi i runga i te whakaaro o te rongoā mā te mārama, whakamahia i te kōwhiri wairua me ngā photosensitizers hei taumata ki te whakapai i te āhua o ngā pūtau. Ki te tukuna e te tūāhua nei ngā hapa kotahi o te mārama, nō te ika rorohiko rānei, ki runga i te kīrehe i whakaritea iho ki ngā photosensitizers, ka puta he whakawhitinga keimi, e hanga ana i ngā reactive oxygen species (ROS). Ko ēnei ROS he mea nui ki te whakaiti pūtau. Hei whakatikatika i te whakatupu collagen, ko tēnā he mea nui mō te whakapai i te uaua me te whaiwhai o ngā pūtau. Ki te pūtau hypertrophic rānei keloid, ko te whakatupu anōmāliki o te collagen e hīkoi ana ki te kōpu, i te whenua whatiwhati. Ko te whakatikatika collagen i roto i te PDT e akinga ana i ngā raerenga anōmāliki o ngā huarahi collagen me te whakatipu i te whakatupu hou o te collagen matihiko, e whakapakari ana i te pūtau, e mataara ana. No reira, ko ngā ROS hoki e āhei ana ki te whakatika i ngā mate horahora, e whakaiti ana i te kura me te mate horahora e hāngai ana ki ngā pūtau hou. Ki te whakaiti i te mate horahora, ka hanga te tūāhua PDT he wāhi pai ake mō te whakatika i te kīrehe, e tauti ana i te porowhita o ngā pūtau. E whai ana hoki te kōwhiri wairua mai i te tūāhua nei ki te whakapai i te hāpai iwi i roto i te wāhi pūtau, ka tae atu i te hāpora me ngā kaiwhakanui ki ngā kīrehe, e tauti ana hoki i te whakahoki i te whenua me te whakaiti i te whenua pūtau. Kua tautohu haere ngā rautaki kīwaha, ko te whakamahi whakarerekē o te tūāhua PDT o Shanglaite ka whakaiti pai rawa i te kitea o ngā pūtau, ka whakapai i te māku o te kīrehe me te āhua whānui.