It is surprising how beneficial light therapy is for rejuvenating the skin, reducing wrinkles and acne. If you want to improve your skin health or some family member has acne, using an LED light therapy device will produce improvements. There are over 3,000 scientific studies proving the powerful health and anti-aging benefits of red and near-infrared light therapy.
But these machines are not a super cutting-edge technology, it’s simple. As our body requires intake of certain vitamins and minerals from the diet to function properly, our cells also require “light nutrients” (proper amounts of certain wavelengths of light) to be healthy and these can be supplied by using often LED light therapy devices.
Using them is very easy, you only need to expose your skin to certain light wave length for a few minutes every 3 days for having improvements in both, acne and wrinkles but for each condition you need to be exposed at different light spectrum. Light in fact is an essential nutrient and our health depends on getting the right dose of these 5 types of light quite often:
1- Blue Light 2- UV Light 3- Near infrared light 4- Red Light 5- Far Infrared light
Of all of them, the most beneficial are red light and near-infrared light that can penetrate deep into the human body, close to 2 inches, and can directly penetrate into cells, tissues, blood, nerves, rods, cones of the eyes, brain and bones. With incredible healing effects on cells, energy production, inflammation, pain relief, collagen and much more.
Why Phototherapy is great treatment for skin rejuvenation?
Light therapy is one of the best skin rejuvenation treatments because it is very healthy, quite effective, easy to perform, inexpensive and quite convenient. For example, there are panels like this that you can use for 10 to 20 minutes every day while doing other activities like watching a movie, reading this blog or purchasing some beauty products from my store.
It is completely safe, painless, without side effects and easy to apply by your own without professional experience. You only need to expose the skin to light to get results. In addition, LED devices can be used at home without the need to go to a specialist and the therapy is affordable because it is not necessary to apply gels, or skin products in each session.
What color light therapy is best for skin rejuvenation ?
Red Light and infra red are the best color spectrum for skin rejuvenation. For better results you can alternate them. Wavelengths of the light spectrum can reach different depths within the skin, causing different results. Specifically using red, near-infrared and infrared wavelengths stimulates cell regeneration, cell metabolism and reduce wrinkles or other signs of aging. Also blue light is excellent for the skin but mostly for Acne because inhibits bacteria.
Infrared light penetrates deeper into the skin than other colors, and not all red lights are helpful. For excellent results, it is important that you pick up the device with the most beneficial wavelengths which are 600-650 nanometers for red light therapy. Then, there is a gap that is not so beneficial for skin improvement which is 650 to 780nm. And for infrared light therapy, the best wavelengths are 780 to 940nm and for far infrared light, 940 – 1100nm.
Infra red light and far infra red light is useful for promoting skin healing, rejuvenation and tissue repair, and red light helps to increase circulation and collagen production helping to reduce fine lines and wrinkles. It also tightens the skin while improving tone and reducing pores. There are many clinical studies like this one that concluded that near infrared 830nm and red light therapy 633nm are effective and very safe treatments for skin rejuvenation.
The skin benefits of Red and near-infrared light therapy
Red and near-infrared light therapy has been widely researched and is a proven anti-aging, skin improvement tool that brings numerous positive effects to facial skin and skin all over the body. They do extremely well in stimulating collagen synthesis, DNA repair, energy production in mitochondria, fibroblast formation, and healing and repairing skin tissue.
Because red light stimulates both collagen and elastin production, eradicates lines and wrinkles, as well as the appearance of scars, surface varicose veins, acne, and cellulite. It is fast becoming recognized as a safe and welcome alternative to injections and surgeries for skin rejuvenation. Red and near infrared light are working wonders in the anti-aging communities, and dermatologists are capitalizing on their incredible powers for anti-aging.
Because the infrared light spectrum is the most beneficial for skin healing and rejuvenation, when choosing a device, mask, or any skin care tool that provides light therapy, it is best that is included blue light (415nm), red light (630nm) and infrared light (830nm) on the presets. There are many devices for the facial skin treatment that do not include infrared light like this one from my store that I chose because it can also be used for heat therapy.
