What Is Red Light Therapy?
Red and Infrared light therapy (RLT) uses specific wavelengths to stimulate a natural response in the body to enhance overall cell function. These wavelengths of light are also found in light from the sun. The light energy penetrates through layers of skin to reach muscles and nerves. Our cells absorb the light then create energy and blood flow to the areas to further support cell regrowth and regeneration. This combination of cell activity and circulation works to reduce inflammation caused by arthritis. RLT can be considered as an alternative noninvasive treatment with its potential anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. (1)
Benefits of Infrared Red Light Therapy
Rejuvenates Skin
Reduces fine lines & wrinkles & increases collagen
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Wound Healing
Boosts cell repair, speeding wound healing
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Reduces Recovery Time
Promotes faster healing and reduces recovery time
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Soothes Sore Muscles
Increases blood flow which helps to relieve sore muscles
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Relieves Aches & Pains
Promotes tissue repair, reducing aches and pains
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Reduces Inflammation
Stimulates cellular repair and reduces inflammation
How Red Light Therapy Works To Improve Your Skin
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Red Light Therapy (RLT) is a popular therapeutic technique that employs red low-level wavelengths to the skin cells. RLT works to improve skin elasticity, increase collagen, heal cuts and scars and much more by using its red light wavelength of light to strengthen the mitochondria in your skin cells. In other words, RLT is a procedure that increases the function and activity of the mitochondria.
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The Mitochondria is the energy cells responsible for repair and rejuvenation.
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As shown in countless peer-reviewed studies, RLT improves skin complexion, decreases inflammation and pain, fades stretch marks and scars, repairs sun damage, reduces wrinkles, quickens the skin’s healing process and so much more.
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A Natural Anti-inflammatory Skin Treatment
One of the many benefits of using red light is that it lessens acute and chronic types of inflammation. It does this by increasing blood flow to damaged tissue. The natural anti-inflammatory effect of red light therapy makes it the perfect treatment for healing and rejuvenating the skin.
Increases Elastin and Collagen therefore Naturally Decreasing Wrinkles
RLT doesn’t just reduce inflammation and pain, it also improves circulation and has been proven to boost collagen and elastin. Collagen is a protein within the body that keeps your skin youthful and assists with joint and general health. As you age, collagen production reduces therefore RLT is crucial in restoring and maintaining a healthy balance.
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Red Light Therapy and The Skin Conditions it Helps Treat
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Red Light Therapy is famous for its anti-aging and rejuvenating properties, but that’s not all. Based on numerous peer-reviewed clinical studies, red light therapy also increases many healing properties. Using RLT is a natural way to bring about healing from wounds, burns, scars and surgery incisions.
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Treats Eczema and Psoriasis
ā Assists in healing Cold Sores
ā Controls Acne
ā Decreases Pigmentation
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Speeds Up Healing And Recovery From Surgeries
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Clinical studies have shown on countless occasions that red light therapy helps to reduce pain and inflammation that occurs after any form of surgery. It also quickens the healing process.
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Red Light Therapy Reduces Scars
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This procedure brings about quick healing of wounds and also reduces the scars that should have been left by the wound. In 2004, a study was conducted to see how great red light therapy was with reducing scars. During the study, it was discovered that patients who had been under red light therapy had less visible scars than those who weren’t. There were no side effects following treatment. [2]
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Red Light Aids The Development of New Blood Vessels and Quickened The Repair of Burn Wounds
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In 2016, studies conducted showed that red light quickened the healing process of burns by decreasing inflammation levels and increasing the forming of new tissues. [3]
A research conducted in 2018 also showed that undergoing red light therapy stimulated the increase of fibroblasts (cells responsible for tissue repair) in the body and caused new blood vessels to develop. [4]
Those recovering from burns and sunburn have been recorded to experience faster healing and less pain after undergoing red light treatments. There are strong clinical records that demonstrate the remarkable healing properties of red light therapy.
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Red light therapy is completely safe and natural therapy that requires no invasive surgeries or painful injectables. With red light therapy, you are on your way to improving your skin health from the inside out resulting in reduced wrinkles and acne, decreasing pain and inflammation, speeding up the healing process, improving your skin complexion and so much more.
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āScientific Sources and Medical References:
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[1] What Is Arthritis? Arthritis Foundation.
[2] Gaida K, Koller R, et al. Low Level Laser Therapy--a conservative approach to the burn scar?
[3] Silveira PC, Ferreira KB, et al. Effect of Low-Power Laser (LPL) and Light-Emitting Diode (LED) on Inflammatory Response in Burn Wound Healing. Inflammation. 2016 Aug.
[4] da Silva Melo, Alves LP, et al. LED phototherapy in full-thickness burns induced by CO2 laser in rats skin. Lasers in Medical Science. 2018 Sep.
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This Medical Grade Device is entered on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods as Medical Class llA Devices.