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The Ultimate Guide to Red Light Therapy
2.3 RLT for Skin Health
2.3.1 Overview of RLT and Skin Health
Red light therapy has been studied for its potential to improve various skin problems. Here‘s a
breakdown of its potential benefits:
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Wrinkles, scars,
and burns:
Red light therapy may
help reduce wrinkles
and improve the
appearance of scars,
including acne scars
and raised scars. It
may also aid in burn
healing.
Sun damage:
Vitiligo:
Inflammation:
This therapy can
In this condition, the
Red light therapy
help reduce the
skin loses pigment.
may also be helpful
damage caused by
Red light therapy can
for inflammatory
ultraviolet (UV) rays
stimulate the growth
skin conditions like
from the sun, which
of pigment-producing
psoriasis and acne.
are invisible energy
cells (melanocytes) to
streams responsible
restore some color. It
for sunburn. It might
may also help prevent
even work to protect
further pigment
your skin from sun
loss by calming the
damage in the first
immune system‘s
place.
overreaction, which
contributes to the
condition.
Our skin constantly remodels itself, and special cells called fibroblasts play a key role in this
process. These cells produce collagen, a protein that gives skin its plumpness and elasticity.
Studies that low-level red light, with a wavelength of around 628 nm (a specific shade in the
visible red spectrum) can affect the activity of over 100 genes in fibroblasts.
control various cellular activities, like growth, repair, and energy production.
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These genes
