This is an acne site started by a guy that recommends a very simple routine that worked for him. https://www.acne.org/
He also has some forums that I was poking around to see what they said about something my son tried, when I came across their discussion of using colored lights for acne.
evidently you can use red and blue lights of a certain frequency for acne. the blue light kills bacteria, and the red reduces inflammation.
LED Skin Rejuvenation is the interaction of light, delivered through Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), to activate cell receptors causing them to produce collagen or multiply.
How are LEDs different from Laser and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) therapy?
Other light-based skin therapies including intense pulsed light and laser treatments rely on thermal injury to the skin�s collagen, water or blood vessels to create changes in the skin appearance. LED Skin Rejuvenation does not rely on thermal energy and the related tissue trauma to effect change. Therefore, patients are not subject to the variables associated with wound healing.
How does LED Skin Rejuvenation work?
LEDs offer a totally natural, non-ablative method for skin rejuvenation. The light from the LEDs interacts with cells and stimulates them to produce new collagen and elastin. Studies confirm that the same LED energy can be used to inhibit collagen formation, which can be helpful in the treatment of acne scars. By manipulating the wavelengths, cells can be turned on and off. Yellow light LEDs are used for photo-rejuvenation. Blue light LEDs are used in the treatment of acne. Red light LEDs are used for Photodynamic therapy.
Interesting, ST. I think this is a similar technology to what is being used to (attempt to) halt hair loss (and possibly promote hair growth). I believe they use red light and the primary reason for this is combat inflammation on the scalp and hair follicles.
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Interesting, ST. I think this is a similar technology to what is being used to (attempt to) halt hair loss (and possibly promote hair growth). I believe they use red light and the primary reason for this is combat inflammation on the scalp and hair follicles.
hmmm... haven't heard about this.
soooooo... "Harry Hirsute" , are you vouching for this from personal experience?
A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, and split-face clinical study on LED phototherapy for skin rejuvenation: clinical, profilometric, histologic, ultrastructural, and biochemical evaluations and comparison of three different treatment settings.
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are considered to be effective in skin rejuvenation.
We investigated the clinical efficacy of LED phototherapy for skin rejuvenation through the comparison with three different treatment parameters and a control, and also examined the LED-induced histological, ultrastructural, and biochemical changes.
Seventy-six patients with facial wrinkles were treated with quasimonochromatic LED devices on the right half of their faces. All subjects were randomly divided into four groups treated with:
830nm alone
633nm alone
a combination of 830 and 633nm
or a sham treatment light
twice a week for four weeks.
Serial photography, profilometry, and objective measurements of the skin elasticity and melanin were performed during the treatment period with a three-month follow-up period. The subject's and investigator's assessments were double-blinded.
Skin specimens were evaluated for the histologic and ultrastructural changes, alteration in the status of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMPs), and the changes in the mRNA levels of IL-1ss, TNF-alpha, ICAM-1, IL-6 and connexin 43 (Cx43), by utilizing specific stains, TEM, immunohistochemistry, and real-time RT-PCR, respectively.
In the results, objectively measured data showed significant reductions of wrinkles (maximum: 36%) and increases of skin elasticity (maximum: 19%) compared to baseline on the treated face in the three treatment groups.
Histologically, a marked increase in the amount of collagen and elastic fibers in all treatment groups was observed. Ultrastructural examination demonstrated highly activated fibroblasts, surrounded by abundant elastic and collagen fibers. Immunohistochemistry showed an increase of TIMP-1 and 2. RT-PCR results showed the mRNA levels of IL-1ss, TNF-alpha, ICAM-1, and Cx43 increased after LED phototherapy whereas that of IL-6 decreased.
This therapy was well-tolerated by all patients with no adverse effects. We concluded that 830 and 633nm LED phototherapy is an effective approach for skin rejuvenation.
PMID: 17566756 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
unfortunately, I don't have the whole study.. so I don't know which light therapy did the best, and what the differences were.
LED Colored lights for skin problems
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