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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001553350-17-000082
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170117
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170119

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lightwave Logic, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001325964
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISCELLANEOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS [3080]
		IRS NUMBER:				820497368
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1831 LEFTHAND CIRCLE
		STREET 2:		SUITE C
		CITY:			LONGMONT
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80501
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(720) 340-4949

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1831 LEFTHAND CIRCLE
		STREET 2:		SUITE C
		CITY:			LONGMONT
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80501

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	THIRD-ORDER NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070320

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	THIRD-ORDER NANOTECHNOLOIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070222

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PSI TEC HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050503

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			El-Ahmadi Siraj Nour
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001589104

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-52567
		FILM NUMBER:		17536087

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4331 WOODCREST LANE
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75206

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ElAhmadi Siraj Nour
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20131011
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        <issuerName>Lightwave Logic, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LWLG</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>El-Ahmadi Siraj Nour</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>1831 LEFTHAND CIRCLE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE C</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LONGMONT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80501</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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            <otherText></otherText>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.85</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2017-01-17</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>50000</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The registrant granted the reporting person an option to purchase up to 50,000 shares of company stock that vest pursuant to the following schedule: 20,000 options vest immediately, and the remaining options vest in three equal quarterly installments of 10,000 options per quarter commencing on April 1, 2017.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/ James S. Marcelli, Attorney-in-fact for Siraj Nour El-Ahmadi</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2017-01-19</signatureDate>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=right><B>EXHIBIT 24</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>FOR </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=center><B>SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align=justify>Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Thomas E. Zelibor and James S. Marcelli, or either of them acting singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</P>
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<A NAME="a977360"></A><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:11pt; float:left">1.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:11pt" align=justify>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer or director <FONT style="font-size:12pt">or both of Lightwave Logic, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), Forms 3, 4 and 5 (and any amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), and the rules thereunder;</FONT></P>
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<A NAME="a176261"></A><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">2.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align=justify>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;SEC&quot;), including without limitation the filing of a Form ID or any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the undersigned to file the Forms 3, 4 and 5 electronically with the SEC; and</P>
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<A NAME="a208140"></A><P style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; text-indent:48px; width:96px; font-size:12pt; float:left">3.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt" align=justify>take any other action in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by or for, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</P>
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<A NAME="a465312"></A><P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align=justify>The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever required, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.<A NAME="a740435"></A></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align=justify>The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request and on the behalf of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.<A NAME="a196956"></A></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align=justify>This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</P>
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<A NAME="a402175"></A><P style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt" align=justify><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of Attorney as of this 16th day of March, 2016.</P>
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