Document and Entity Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Document and Entity Information [Abstract]

Entity Registrant Name

Lightwave Logic, Inc.

Entity Central Index Key

0001325964

Document Type

POS AM

Document Period End Date

Mar. 31, 2016

Amendment Flag

true

Entity Filer Category

Smaller Reporting Company

Amendment Description

This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed to update, among other things, the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, pursuant to Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to include the information contained in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016 and to reflect all sales of the Company’s securities that have been made by the selling securityholders under the Existing Registration Statement as of the date hereof.