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Using Red and Blue LED Lights for Anti-Aging and Healing
When you are exposed to light in this 633 nm range, your skin cells are naturally stimulated,
leading to the production of collagen, elastin and certain enzymes that support your skin.
As you age, collagen and elastin break down and you begin to see wrinkles, creases and
folds in skin that was once taut.
This process may accelerate if you smoke or have poor eating habits.
Light in the 633 nm range pulls collagen back to the surface of your skin to fill in lines and
wrinkles, and help reverse the appearance of aging.
Also, light in this range helps strengthen the walls of the small blood vessels in your skin, which
results in improved oxygenation and detoxification. Hydration is increased, and the ability of
your skin to retain moisture improves.
Improved natural healing and the creation of healthy conditions for your skin will follow.
Another important effect of 633 nm light is that it affects the permeability of the membrane of
your skin cells. What this means is that it becomes easier for the important active ingredients of
topical skincare products to pass through the walls of your skin cells, increasing their
effectiveness.
In a nutshell, light in the 633 nm range can improve the clarity, tone and texture of your skin,
basically giving you a more youthful appearance.
New Blue Light Can Promote Even More Skin Benefits for You!
There is one more truly special type of light from the visible spectrum. Gentle blue light in the
417-419 nm wavelength has some extraordinary properties that your skin will love.
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, blue light can actually help your skin
health.
Best of all, blue light is totally safe and generates no additional heat or harmful radiation.
Indeed, blue light therapies are known to help support your body’s skin health.
Now, you've seen how important all four of these light forms are to your overall health and
wellbeing. So wouldn't it be great to have them available to you 24/7?
For more info, contact Dr. Jane Smolnik, ND at 828-777-5263
When you are exposed to light in this 633 nm range, your skin cells are naturally stimulated,
leading to the production of collagen, elastin and certain enzymes that support your skin.
As you age, collagen and elastin break down and you begin to see wrinkles, creases and
folds in skin that was once taut.
This process may accelerate if you smoke or have poor eating habits.
Light in the 633 nm range pulls collagen back to the surface of your skin to fill in lines and
wrinkles, and help reverse the appearance of aging.
Also, light in this range helps strengthen the walls of the small blood vessels in your skin, which
results in improved oxygenation and detoxification. Hydration is increased, and the ability of
your skin to retain moisture improves.
Improved natural healing and the creation of healthy conditions for your skin will follow.
Another important effect of 633 nm light is that it affects the permeability of the membrane of
your skin cells. What this means is that it becomes easier for the important active ingredients of
topical skincare products to pass through the walls of your skin cells, increasing their
effectiveness.
In a nutshell, light in the 633 nm range can improve the clarity, tone and texture of your skin,
basically giving you a more youthful appearance.
New Blue Light Can Promote Even More Skin Benefits for You!
There is one more truly special type of light from the visible spectrum. Gentle blue light in the
417-419 nm wavelength has some extraordinary properties that your skin will love.
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, blue light can actually help your skin
health.
Best of all, blue light is totally safe and generates no additional heat or harmful radiation.
Indeed, blue light therapies are known to help support your body’s skin health.
Now, you've seen how important all four of these light forms are to your overall health and
wellbeing. So wouldn't it be great to have them available to you 24/7?
For more info, contact Dr. Jane Smolnik, ND at 828-777-5263
Light therapy has been shown in over 40 years of independent research worldwide to deliver powerful
therapeutic benefits to living tissues and organisms. European scientists began to use light beams of
have been shown to effect at least 24 different positive changes at a cellular level. Visible light
penetrates tissue to a depth of about 8-10 mm. It is very beneficial in treating problems close to the
surface such as wounds, cuts, scars, trigger and acupuncture points and is particularly effective in
treating infections. Infrared light (904nm) penetrates to a depth of about 30-40mm which makes it
more effective for bones, joints, deep muscle, etc. Treating points with light can have a dramatic
effect on remote and internal areas of the body through the stimulation of nerves, acupuncture and
trigger points that perform function not unlike transmission cables.
The technology is now becoming accepted and widely used in human medicine as well. Light therapy
stimulates the natural healing power in the cells of the body. This tool uses the energy of light, called
photon energy, to stimulate the activity of certain cell components. By using photon energy, you have
a simple, effective, non-pharmacological medical alternative. Conservative management of acute
and chronic injuries and postoperative wounds has come to include the use of photo energy because
it is quickly effective, cost effective, and easy to administer.
Light Theapy Devices are being used by Medical Doctors, Nurses, Veterinarians, Equine Therapists,
Chiropractors, Anesthesiologists, Dentists, Massage Therapists, Physical Therapist, and many more. More
and more publications within the medical and scientific community attest to the clinical usefulness of
these devices and their many biological effects upon the cells. The Avalon System has 500 diodes
altogether using red, infrared, and blue LED's.
How Does it Work?
Studies show when light therapy breaks through blocked energy, and the light enters and stimulates the
cells as photons. The photons are absorbed by the photoreceptors within the cell. Photons strike the
damaged tissue including skin, blood, muscle, and bone, and create a cellular response which
reduces pain and jump-starts the healing process. Light Therapy products have been used successfully
to treat all types of chronic pain for all types of animals including humans. The several different
wavelengths are very effective at penetrating living tissue without any harmful side effects.
Principles of phototherapy were established at the end of the nineteenth century by NR Fineness, a
Nobel Prize winner, for application of light treatment of psoriases, kemicterus, and as photodynamic
therapy (POT) in the treatment of cancer. Phototherapy was advanced with introduction of laser
treatment, initially in surgery. The development of the infrared (830 nm) gallium-aluminum-arsenide
and the red (633nm) helium-neon low power laser, introduced phototherapy in would healing and
analgesia. Many investigators have described successful pain treatment in a variety of diseases.
LED Applications
Much research is underway on the use of medical LED therapy to determine whether there are other
applications for light therapy. "Research is currently being done on the different effects of different
spectrums of light on living tissues," says Braden. It is thought that the visible red spectrum, which is
roughly in the 600 to 700 nanometer range, is effective with surface issues such as wound care and
that higher wavelengths, including infrared, are more penetrating. Studies also suggest that going
down to the 400 or 500 nanometer spectrum, which is blue light, might be effective for treating skin
disorders including acne and scarring.
"We've already seen how using LEDs can improve a bone-marrow transplant patient's quality of life," said
Dr. Harry Whelan, professor of neurology, pediatrics and hyperbaric medicine at the Medical College
of Wisconsin. "These trials will hopefully help us take the next steps to provide this as a standard of care
for this ailment."
"Companies in this business are looking at the medical research that is being conducted regarding
different frequencies of light to see where this technology might take us," says Braden. He foresees
wound care as being the next big application. "You can expect over the next few years to see LED
therapy as being the primary treatment for wounds such as post-surgical and non-healing wounds like
diabetic ulcers." Whelan and Ignatius say they would like to test their technology in other clinical
situations such as spinal cord injuries and for treatment of Parkinson's disease, strokes, brain tumors, and
tissue and organ regeneration.
"It may seem strange to some people because it is very much a change in the whole paradigm of
medicine, which has been pretty much poisons and knives up until this point. The use of natural energy
at an intensity that is brighter than the sun, but still nonetheless near infrared light at wavelengths that
are helpful and not harmful, to enhance the cells' natural biochemistry truly has a lot of potential in
the medical arena," says Whelan.
Light is energy that moves in a wave pattern. Light is also characterized by its wavelength in the
electromagnetic spectrum. There are components in the tissue and blood that absorbs these
wavelengths and activate normal cell activity that may have been disrupted by injury or sickness. The
reason for this increased cell activity is the photon. The photon is the energy portion of the light wave.
For this reason we often refer to this therapy as
'PHOTON THERAPY'.
Once delivered, the light energy promotes the process of photobiostimulation. The positive effect of
photobiostimulation on animal cells is analogous to photosynthesis in plant cells, whereby a chain of
chemical reactions are set in motion. In human tissue the resulting photochemical reaction produces
an increase in the cellular metabolism rate which expedites cell repair and the stimulation of the
immune, lymphatic and vascular systems. The net result, observed in clinical trials to date, is the
apparent reduction in pain, inflammation, edema and an overall reduction in healing time.
therapeutic benefits to living tissues and organisms. European scientists began to use light beams of
have been shown to effect at least 24 different positive changes at a cellular level. Visible light
penetrates tissue to a depth of about 8-10 mm. It is very beneficial in treating problems close to the
surface such as wounds, cuts, scars, trigger and acupuncture points and is particularly effective in
treating infections. Infrared light (904nm) penetrates to a depth of about 30-40mm which makes it
more effective for bones, joints, deep muscle, etc. Treating points with light can have a dramatic
effect on remote and internal areas of the body through the stimulation of nerves, acupuncture and
trigger points that perform function not unlike transmission cables.
The technology is now becoming accepted and widely used in human medicine as well. Light therapy
stimulates the natural healing power in the cells of the body. This tool uses the energy of light, called
photon energy, to stimulate the activity of certain cell components. By using photon energy, you have
a simple, effective, non-pharmacological medical alternative. Conservative management of acute
and chronic injuries and postoperative wounds has come to include the use of photo energy because
it is quickly effective, cost effective, and easy to administer.
Light Theapy Devices are being used by Medical Doctors, Nurses, Veterinarians, Equine Therapists,
Chiropractors, Anesthesiologists, Dentists, Massage Therapists, Physical Therapist, and many more. More
and more publications within the medical and scientific community attest to the clinical usefulness of
these devices and their many biological effects upon the cells. The Avalon System has 500 diodes
altogether using red, infrared, and blue LED's.
How Does it Work?
Studies show when light therapy breaks through blocked energy, and the light enters and stimulates the
cells as photons. The photons are absorbed by the photoreceptors within the cell. Photons strike the
damaged tissue including skin, blood, muscle, and bone, and create a cellular response which
reduces pain and jump-starts the healing process. Light Therapy products have been used successfully
to treat all types of chronic pain for all types of animals including humans. The several different
wavelengths are very effective at penetrating living tissue without any harmful side effects.
Principles of phototherapy were established at the end of the nineteenth century by NR Fineness, a
Nobel Prize winner, for application of light treatment of psoriases, kemicterus, and as photodynamic
therapy (POT) in the treatment of cancer. Phototherapy was advanced with introduction of laser
treatment, initially in surgery. The development of the infrared (830 nm) gallium-aluminum-arsenide
and the red (633nm) helium-neon low power laser, introduced phototherapy in would healing and
analgesia. Many investigators have described successful pain treatment in a variety of diseases.
LED Applications
Much research is underway on the use of medical LED therapy to determine whether there are other
applications for light therapy. "Research is currently being done on the different effects of different
spectrums of light on living tissues," says Braden. It is thought that the visible red spectrum, which is
roughly in the 600 to 700 nanometer range, is effective with surface issues such as wound care and
that higher wavelengths, including infrared, are more penetrating. Studies also suggest that going
down to the 400 or 500 nanometer spectrum, which is blue light, might be effective for treating skin
disorders including acne and scarring.
"We've already seen how using LEDs can improve a bone-marrow transplant patient's quality of life," said
Dr. Harry Whelan, professor of neurology, pediatrics and hyperbaric medicine at the Medical College
of Wisconsin. "These trials will hopefully help us take the next steps to provide this as a standard of care
for this ailment."
"Companies in this business are looking at the medical research that is being conducted regarding
different frequencies of light to see where this technology might take us," says Braden. He foresees
wound care as being the next big application. "You can expect over the next few years to see LED
therapy as being the primary treatment for wounds such as post-surgical and non-healing wounds like
diabetic ulcers." Whelan and Ignatius say they would like to test their technology in other clinical
situations such as spinal cord injuries and for treatment of Parkinson's disease, strokes, brain tumors, and
tissue and organ regeneration.
"It may seem strange to some people because it is very much a change in the whole paradigm of
medicine, which has been pretty much poisons and knives up until this point. The use of natural energy
at an intensity that is brighter than the sun, but still nonetheless near infrared light at wavelengths that
are helpful and not harmful, to enhance the cells' natural biochemistry truly has a lot of potential in
the medical arena," says Whelan.
Light is energy that moves in a wave pattern. Light is also characterized by its wavelength in the
electromagnetic spectrum. There are components in the tissue and blood that absorbs these
wavelengths and activate normal cell activity that may have been disrupted by injury or sickness. The
reason for this increased cell activity is the photon. The photon is the energy portion of the light wave.
For this reason we often refer to this therapy as
'PHOTON THERAPY'.
Once delivered, the light energy promotes the process of photobiostimulation. The positive effect of
photobiostimulation on animal cells is analogous to photosynthesis in plant cells, whereby a chain of
chemical reactions are set in motion. In human tissue the resulting photochemical reaction produces
an increase in the cellular metabolism rate which expedites cell repair and the stimulation of the
immune, lymphatic and vascular systems. The net result, observed in clinical trials to date, is the
apparent reduction in pain, inflammation, edema and an overall reduction in healing time.
