Red Light therapy (RLT)

RLT Is using a portion of light from the sun. Our bodies have learned to use the energy from the sun for a number of vital processes in our body. Red light therapy machines are designed to be a portion of the sun. The reason they are designed to be a portion of the sun is that particular wavelengths have particular benefits. Additionally, there are certain wavelengths or colors of the sun that over a long period of time are harmful. We all know that the sun helps us to manufacture vitamin D three, however, the wavelength that helps us develop vitamin D three in our body, although also causes photoaging on the skin. Therefore, you don't want to have too much sun as there are harmful wavelengths in the Sun.

Benefits of RLT - red light therapy


A large number of issues that are improved by using red light therapy. The list is always growing. The most common use is for helping collagen and elastin in the skin and therefore essentially helping the skin grow young again. As young skin has a large amount of new collagen and new elastin, making the skin springy. To find whether there are other issues that are addressed by red light, simply type in red light therapy and the malady, such as red light therapy, peripheral nerve neuropathy, red light therapy, Gout red light therapy or  Eye health and  red light Therapy. Joint Issues  can be also helped by exposure to the sun can possibly result in improved results with red light therapy.

How soon can it affect a patient

This is a difficult question to answer because remember 95% of the products that are sold  on the market do nothing. If you are going to get a result from red light therapy, you will typically see a result after a few treatments or feel a result after a few treatments. If you do not feel a result, then you do not have enough power or have not used it for enough treatment time.

How to choose a Device

this is a very difficult question. Also, however, it can be summarized easily by the following statement. Be sure that you have enough power to cause a heating of the skin from the red light. If the skin can be heated within five or ten minutes to 41 degrees C, which is a 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit, then you have enough power to affect a result. Be sure to use a temperature sensor that is designed for measuring skin temperature. These are relatively easy to find now, as many companies and buildings require measurement of skin temperature to determine if you have a fever. This, of course, helps to isolate people who might have COVID these skin temperature measurement thermometers are available for approximately $15 on Amazon.

what is the leopard spot effect?

Many low cost devices that are available on Amazon and other platforms do not have enough LEDs to get uniform coverage. This phenomena is called the leopard spot effect. Imagine if you had LEDs that were spaced approximately one inch apart and you put them very close to your skin. You are only going to get effective power if you do at all at the local places where those LEDs are shining. This would be very much like putting your sunscreen on with a cotton swab. It's going to be effective in only certain spots. But of course it's not a complete treatment. The issue is that these products will tell you that they have measured the power, but is the power of one single Led, not of the uniform energy hitting the skin or entering into the body? The large panels that are approximately two to four inches thick.

Those which do have enough LEDs and do have enough power. They can be quite bulky and difficult to use and therefore people will not use them. And of course, without using them, you're not going to get the results. They do ask you to hang them on the back of your door in your bathroom, and then when you get out of the shower to stand there and spin around for ten or 20 minutes, of course, someone is not going to do this for very long or very many days and then they're going to stop doing it.

Red penetrates approximately a couple of millimeters in the skin. This is sufficient to stimulate collagen elastin because collagen and elastin is at approximately 1 mm. If you want to treat something deeper, you need to have a near infrared or far infrared lamp or Led light. These will treat up to a few centimeters, and therefore you can treat muscles and tendons and joints. It is also important to have the proper wavelength. It is commonly believed that 810 nm can transmit through the skull into the brain and therefore is used for treating brain issues like dementia and other issues.

age spots : contraindication to rlt

Infrared can tend to aggravate melasma or age spots or liver spots. These are all just different names for melasma. If you have a tendency to get age spots, then you want to stay away from infrared Incidentally. If you want to help curb age spot, then you can use a green Led at about 520 nm.