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Document and Entity Information
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]  
Entity Registrant Name Lightwave Logic, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key 0001325964
Document Type POS AM
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2014
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Amendment Description EXPLANATORY NOTE Lightwave Logic, Inc. (the “Company”) previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-191296) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 20, 2013 which was declared effective by the SEC on October 4, 2013, and subsequently amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1, 2014 and declared effective on May 5, 2014 (together, the “Existing Registration Statement”). The Existing Registration Statement registered for resale of up to 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company by Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”). The common stock being offered by Lincoln Park is issuable pursuant to a Purchase Agreement between the Company and Lincoln Park. As of the date of this prospectus, the Company has issued 1,786,920 shares to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement, including the 200,000 initial commitment shares, the sale of 1,563,648 purchase shares and the issuance of 23,272 additional commitment shares, for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $1,514,647, and 1,079,846 of such shares have been sold by Lincoln Park hereunder, with 8,920,154 shares remaining unsold as of the date of this prospectus. This Registration Statement constitutes Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Existing Registration Statement and is being filed to update the Existing Registration Statement by including, among other things, the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 pursuant to Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and to reflect all sales of the Company’s common stock that have been made by Lincoln Park under the Existing Registration Statement as of the date hereof.
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31
Entity Filer Category Smaller Reporting Company
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2014