Some of you may have already experienced the benefits of LED light therapy in my treatment room, but I’m going to break it down in a little more detail for you to get you excited because I now offer LED light therapy for you to purchase and use at home. Quick breakdown on what LED is and does:
LED light therapy is the process of using light wavelengths on the skin tissue for therapeutic benefits. Light therapy was first used by NASA and eventually found its way into the beauty and wellness industry. Typically blue light (465nm), red light (640nm), and infrared light (880nm, invisible) are the most common wavelengths used. To give a reference, a human hair is about 80,000- 100,000nm thick. Different wavelengths penetrate at different layers of the skin and provide energy to that specific skin layer. Similar to the way that plants use chlorophyll to convert sunlight to energy, LED wavelengths can trigger a natural stimulus effect in human cells that transform light photons into ATP (the form of energy that cells use) enhancing the cells performance.
Celluma panel for my clients
In the treatment room I use the Celluma LED panel on clients with acne or aging concerns (the blue or red setting) and sometimes will lay the panel over clients hands using the pain setting (infrared) to help alleviate arthritic pain in hands and wrists. *Note that I do not charge extra to add LED to any facial treatment.* I have had very great success incorporating the LED panel to clients on my Acne program. You can see results immediately after use on some clients. However, when it comes to the red setting (the setting specific for wrinkles) you don’t notice results right away and instead need multiple LED treatments over a 2 month span to see results. I saw this as an issue seeing as clients would only come in once maybe twice a month so I wanted to offer a way for clients to get their LED treatments at home, on their own time, so results can actually be seen. Given the times we are in now, staying home is the new normal and at home LED treatments is a way to get professional light therapy while catching up on your fave Netflix show.
Me using my LightStim for Wrinkles
How to lessen acne and wrinkles at home
LightStim offers professional strength LED devices for home use. The hand-held lights I offer are the LightStim for Acne and LightStim for Wrinkles. There is no maintenance or battery or light replacing needed ever. The lights will last about 100,000 hours which if you did the math, is a very long time. If you are extra sensitive to products and feel that everything irritates or breaks you out (I recommend you see a professional first before you limit yourself to products), using an LED device might be just what you need.
If you are acne prone and are wanting a LightStim to help with acne I recommend getting the LightStim for Acne. With acne you can notice results rather quickly. I have seen instant reduction of redness around inflamed pimples using the LED panel on my clients in the treatment room. If you’re wanting to use the LightStim for Wrinkles it is very important to use the device regularly for at least 2 months. I would say 5 days a week for 8 weeks. Wrinkles are more stubborn and are deeper down in the skin so it will take time to see results. Not sure if you can stick to the consistency of using it every day? Instead of using it over your entire face, try using it only on the areas you’re noticing wrinkles. Ie crows feet, forehead, 11 lines, smile lines, wherever you have wrinkles. Same goes goes for acne; you can focus on your problem areas like your chin and jawline where a lot of people tend to notice hormonal breakouts. Each area takes 3 minutes, and then a beep will go off and you can move to the next area. To do your full face it will take about 30 minutes, so 10 areas. If you’re in a hurry or want to only spend 10 minutes using it, try using it on just your focus areas and on days when you’re not rushed, do your full face. You might find it handy to keep your LightStim plugged in where you would use it most. Maybe by the couch and use it while watching TV. Plug it in by your bed and use in the morning or evening when you’re browsing on your phone, where you enjoy your morning coffee, etc. The LightStim for Acne uses red and blue light with a total of 36 LEDs, retails for $169 , and comes with a nice little carry bag. LightStim for Wrinkles is an inch bigger in diameter with 72 LEDs of amber, light red, dark red, and infrared, retails for $249, and comes with a PhotoSerum and carry bag. You can shop LightStim here on my online store.