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Heat Hinders Penetration With Red Light Therapy: Cold Increases Transmittance

Heat Hinders Penetration With Red Light Therapy: Cold Increases Transmittance

Photobiomodulation is the science behind Red Light Therapy. It is defined as a non-thermal application of light on biology. Most studies do not cause significant heating as reported in the literature. Thus, non-thermal treatments are the evidence-based way of doing clinical grade PBM. As brands and influencers try to normalize heating with PBM, they can only make speculative claims based on extrapolating from the non-thermal studies. More importantly, they conveniently ignore the potential downsides of combining heating with PBM.  One factor that is commonly overlooked is how heating affects penetration depth.   How Heat Hinders Penetration: Heating the skin before or...

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Adverse Reactions From High Intensity Red Light Therapy: Don't Be A Statistic

Adverse Reactions From High Intensity Red Light Therapy: Don't Be A Statistic

What are the unique side effects discovered by consumers using high intensity LED Red Light Therapy Panels? Here are the categories of some of the top reported issues we have observed from social media comments over the years: Headaches, Migraine, Dizziness, Lightheadedness, Fatigue, “Detox” Herx Reactions Dry Skin, Rash, Skin Flakiness, Eczema type skin effects, Itchy, Histamine Reaction, Sensitive Skin, Inflammation, Acne Brown Spots, Freckles, Hyperpigmentation, Increased Tanning or Melanin, Melasma Rosacea, Red Dots on Skin, Bulging Veins Burns, Sunburn Type Effects, Skin Redness, Fever Type Symptoms, Over heated face Uncomfortably Hot, Recommended Cooling Fan (blowing on the skin) Clinical...

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How Many Watts is Red Light Therapy? Total Joules Dosing Calculator!

How Many Watts is Red Light Therapy? Total Joules Dosing Calculator!

How many Watts do you need for full body Red Light Therapy?  A consumer could obtain the latest generation overpowered LED panel system and not have to worry about having inadequate power. If anything, they would do well to turn down the power and only use the maximum settings for specific purposes (or never).  In another recent interview Professor Glen Jeffery gives caution: "Most of which are far too powerful, you do not want to put vast amounts of energy into your body, you really don't." https://youtu.be/ak5gHOOYdLg?si=b0rLkrP-ECu1GAyF&t=2394 So how can we be assured we are getting adequate energy doses without...

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15 Minutes for Optimal Red Light Therapy: Time is the Trigger

15 Minutes for Optimal Red Light Therapy: Time is the Trigger

How long should you use red light therapy for optimal benefits? Many articles and leading researchers seem to agree that about 15 minutes is optimal.  There is concern that low energy and intensity red light therapy would be unable to deliver the optimal benefits - despite the thousands of studies demonstrating it. A new dosing theory explains dosing as a switch that is triggered by a stimulus and exposure time. Summary: In recent articles and interviews, researchers discuss how red light therapy dosing should be viewed as turning on a switch. In contrast to the popular assumption that dosing red...

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How to Research Red Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation, Low Level Laser Therapy)

How to Research Red Light Therapy (Photobiomodulation, Low Level Laser Therapy)

The foundation of the mainstream success of Red Light Therapy have been the thousands of peer-reviewed articles in medical journals on this topic. But how do you actually find them? Searching for Red Light Therapy information often results in being bombarded by content from commercial brands, device manufacturers, influencers, or news media claiming to dispense the science. Even if they are referencing scientific articles, they could add their own unqualified interpretations, biases, or agendas to their reporting. So where do you find the legitimate peer-reviewed articles, studies, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and books on Red Light Therapy? Perhaps you are trying...

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