Science has an answer for almost everything! Here are seven things that Red Light Therapy can help you with!
Red Light Therapy is a holistic skin procedure that uses LED (light-emitting diode) to provide healthy, intense red light wavelengths to the skin absorbed by the cells. Different wavelengths of the visible light spectrum correspond to various LED light shades and penetrate the skin at different depths. If the wavelength of light increases, so does the depth of penetration. This light is then absorbed by the skin receptors and used to produce a particular biological reaction based on its degree of penetration.
In other words, while treating cells with red light wavelengths, many remedial effects can occur, resulting in possible benefits such as improved collagen output, a.k.a younger-looking skin, improved skin tone, and decreased inflammation and redness.
Now you’ll see a list that covers the most common list of disorders that you can handle with red or near-infrared light. In general, red light is considered suitable for skin conditions. In contrast, near-infrared light has advantages that reach further into the body, where muscles, connective tissues, and bones absorb it. The most promising research area is the combination of red and near-infrared light to produce beneficial effects on the body’s digestive systems, the endocrine system, the immune system, and the nervous system.
Red Light Therapy for skin health improvement
Improved protection of the skin is the most well-known advantage of red light. Increasing intradermal collagen development, i.e., inside or between layers of skin, is essential for enhancing skin tone and reducing aging signs. Red light therapy can repair sun damage and help minimize wrinkles and fine lines on the skin and plump and solid sagging/paper skin.
Anti-aging therapies such as dermabrasion and chemical peels are common, but they are relatively harsh. They function by inducing regulated damage to the skin’s outer layers to promote the development of collagen, tissue repair, and rejuvenation. Red light treatment, on the other hand, does not cause skin damage. Instead, it takes an inside-out approach by stimulating normal, balanced cellular skin regeneration, mainly by increasing cellular energy and collagen production.
Red Light Therapy for weight management
As much effort as people make to lose weight and attempt and hold it off, diet and exercise are not always successful. This unsuccessful attempt may be due to causes such as chronic stress or chronic inflammation. Red Light Therapy has a calming effect on metabolism that can cause fat cells to shrink due to quick and successful fat loss and subsequent weight loss.
Red Light Therapy for muscle recovery and development
Most elite athletes often use red light treatment before and during exercise or competition to retain optimum performance and reduce recovery time from training. Red light activates mitochondria, the energy centers of muscle cells, to generate more energy, contributing to faster cell regeneration and development. And as red light also decreases inflammation, muscles heal better from high-intensity exercise.
This mechanism also speeds up muscle healing from injuries by reducing scar tissue in muscles known as fibrosis. Untreated, fibrosis can cause irreversible loss of function or mobility. Red light facilitates new, stable muscle tissue by stimulating the stem cells in the muscles called myosatellite cells.
These cells activate in response to some muscle damage, including microscopic tears that arise during exercise, as well as more severe tears or compression caused by an injury. Instead of a haphazard jumble of scar-forming cells, red light-energized myosatellite cells form stable new muscle tissue. Both red and near-infrared lights are helpful for muscle repair and development.
Red Light Therapy for pain and ache reduction
Reducing pain is a top priority for those living with disabilities or debilitating illnesses. Near-infrared light is especially effective at penetrating deeply into muscle and connective tissue to promote healthier tissue development (by increasing cellular energy), improve blood flow, and minimize inflammation.
In comparison, the calming warmth of red light therapies may produce an acute sense of well-being, which leads to a reduced experience of pain. Red light can provide relief without the use of potentially harmful anti-inflammatory drugs.
Red Light Therapy for rapid healing
Rapid wound healing has social as well as physical benefits. Red light stimulates the stem cells, decreasing inflammation to accelerate wound healing and encourages the development of collagen density and healthy tissue.
Red Light Therapy for scar reduction
Scars, particularly in the facial region, may cause significant psychological distress. Having scars on body joints areas causes restricted movement leading to discomfort since scar tissue is not as elastic as normal skin tissue.
Red Light Therapy for skin is used to strengthen and diminish the severity of burn wounds, stretch marks, keloid scars, and hypertrophic scars, but the only way to mitigate scars’ appearance is to avoid them. Thus, while Red Light Therapy for skin decreases residual scar tissue present, it also allows cells to gather around the wound to form new, natural cells. So, if at all necessary, get a start on the tissue before it develops.
Red Light Therapy for hair regeneration and growth
Hair loss affects more than 35 million men and 21 million women in the United States alone. Hair regeneration drugs also have severe side effects. Still, red and near-infrared light activates latent hair follicles to reach the anagen development process, improves blood flow, and increases collagen production to restore average hair growth.
Red Light Therapy for skin study has demonstrated substantial advantages of red light as a normal, healthy, and efficient therapy for a broad spectrum of health conditions. Based on research, you can find that adding a high-quality, high-performance LED system to your skincare and general self-care regimen may have positive and far-reaching applications.
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