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LED Light Therapy Cheat Sheet

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What are the different colors of LED therapy? What do they do? How do they help my skin?

All your questions answered! 

 

Wavelength (nm)

Color

Effective treatment for

Features & benefits
380-450nm Violet
  • Pigmentation
  • When used alone showed an increase in melanin level (not statistically significant). However, in combination with red light showed a statistically significant decrease in melanin level.
450-495nm Blue
  • Mild to moderate acne
  • Eczema
  • Psoriasis
    • Kills bacterial cells
    • Reduces the reproduction of human sebocyte (cells that make up the sebaceous glands and secrete sebum)
      495-570nm Green
      • Pigmentation
      • Balancing skin tone
        • Improves redness, pigmentation, and skin tone
        • Effectively treats freckles and liver spots
        • Reduces swelling
          570-590nm Yellow
          • Skin rejuvenation
          • Pigmentation
          • Wound healing
            • Reduces redness, swelling, and other effects related to pigmentation
            • Reduces healing time and erythema for acute wounds
              590-620nm Orange
              • Anti-aging
              • Acute burns
                • Results in softer skin texture and reduction in roughness & fine lines
                • Decreases burning, redness, swelling and peeling
                  620-750nm Red
                  • Rosacea
                  • Psoriasis
                  • Anti-aging
                  • Mild to moderate acne
                  • Androgenetic alopecia
                    • Reduces inflammation
                    • Enhances collagen, improves skin roughness, and wrinkle status
                    • Results in fewer wrinkles and improved skin elasticity
                    • Inhibits sebum production
                    • Improves hair growth
                      750-1300nm Near-infrared (NIR)
                      • Rosacea
                      • Psoriasis
                      • Wound healing
                        • Wound healing 

                         

                        All claims are supported by clinical studies and references:

                        Avci P, Gupta A, Sadasivam M, et al. Low-level laser (light) therapy (LLLT) in skin: stimulating, healing, restoring. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2013;32(1):41‐52.  Electromagnetic Spectrum. Introduction to remote sensing. http://gsp.humboldt.edu/OLM/Courses/GSP_216_Online/lesson1-2/spectrum.html. Accessed June 11, 2020.  Jagdeo J, Austin E, Mamalis A, Wong C, Ho D, Siegel DM. Light-emitting diodes in dermatology: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials [published online ahead of print, 2018 Jan 22]. Lasers Surg Med. 2018;50(6):613‐628.  Lee MW. Combination 532-nm and 1064-nm lasers for noninvasive skin rejuvenation and toning [published correction appears in Arch Dermatol. 2004 May;140(5):625]. Arch Dermatol. 2003;139(10):1265-1276.  Serrage H , Heiskanen V , Palin WM , et al. Under the spotlight: mechanisms of photobiomodulation concentrating on blue and green light. Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2019;18(8):1877-1909.  Sorbellini E, Rucco M, Rinaldi F. Photodynamic and photobiological effects of light-emitting diode (LED) therapy in dermatological disease: an update. Lasers Med Sci. 2018;33(7):1431‐1439.  Wunsch A, Matuschka K. A controlled trial to determine the efficacy of red and near-infrared light treatment in patient satisfaction, reduction of fine lines, wrinkles, skin roughness, and intradermal collagen density increase. Photomed Laser Surg. 2014;32(2):93-100.

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