What is the hype of LED light treatment? What is it and does it work you may ask? What's the difference between Red, Blue Light therapies? In brief, LED treatments use the wavelength of the bulbs and the time duration to make a difference in skin's appearance when directions are followed for either professional or home use.
How often and should it be used? After meeting with a trained professional, Esthetician or Dermatologist for a skin assessment a proper protocol can be put in action. Note: It is very important for the unit to be used directly on the skin for best results. Our skin care is a lifelong journey and is important to change it up over time. LED therapy can be a new alternative.
Red Light Therapy is a "Go"
Red Light Therapy (RLT) is a treatment that uses low wavelength red light to reportedly improve your skin’s appearance. Some claim it helps them with reducing wrinkles, scars, redness and acne. It’s also touted to treat other medical conditions.
To date, there’s a lot of ongoing research, publication of small studies and a much discussion on the internet about the effectiveness of red light therapy for all types of health uses. Results of some studies do show some promise, but the full effectiveness of red light therapy has yet to be determined.
Other names you might hear to describe red light therapy include:
Low-level laser light therapy.
Low-power laser therapy.
Non-thermal LED light.
Soft laser therapy.
Cold laser therapy.
Biostimulation, photonic stimulation.
Photobiomodulation and phototherapy.
Blue Light Serves as Acne Treatment
Blue light can also spell "lights out" for some types of acne. Many cases of common acne are caused by a bacterium called Propionibacterium acnes, or P. acnes, which lives on your skin. And P. acnes just so happens to emit its own photosensitizer, which makes it sensitive to blue wavelengths of light. Shining blue light onto acne-prone skin can kill the bacteria and clear up blemishes. But it’s not magic.
Blue light therapy doesn’t work for everyone, and it might take several sessions to find out if your acne is sensitive to blue light. If it is, you might still need to use other acne treatments, like prescription creams. But for some people, the treatment can light the way to clearer skin.
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