What is LED Facial Treatment?

LED (Light Emitting Diode) facial treatment is a non-invasive skin therapy that utilizes different wavelengths of light to address various skin concerns.

​LED Light Therapy was originally developed by NASA for the use of plant growth.

Since then, it has been adapted for medical and cosmetic use, particularly in dermatology and aesthetics.

The treatment itself is safe for all skin types and tones and is often used in conjunction with other skincare treatments to enhance results. 

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How Does It Work?

During an LED facial treatment, the skin is exposed to specific wavelengths of light, which penetrate the skin at varying depths. The treatment typically lasts about 30 minutes as a standalone treatment or 20 minutes if added on to treatments. Clients usually feel a gentle warmth but no pain during the procedure. 

​LED light therapy is generally considered safe with no side effects and no downtime. ​

LED facial treatments offer a versatile and effective option for improving skin health and appearance.

In the same way that plants use chlorophyll to convert sunlight into plant tissue, LEDs can trigger natural intracellular photo-biochemical reactions.

LED-emitted photons are absorbed by a molecular chromophore. Light at appropriate doses and wavelengths is absorbed by light-absorbing entities within the mitochondria and cell membranes of cells.​​

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Highly respected and much-admired by doctors and dermatologists, LED light therapy offers wide-ranging, scientifically-proven benefits.

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Key Benefits:

• Prevents, repairs and maintains ageing skins.

• Smooths fine lines and wrinkles.

• Boosts collagen and elastin production

• Improves skin tone and texture.

• Aids cell detoxification, helping in the prevention and treatment of glycation

• Increases blood circulation and lymphatic drainage in the target area.

• Improves lasting hydration in the skin.

• Treats active acne, dermatitis, rosacea and psoriasis

• Strengthens the skin

• Prepares the skin pre and post UV exposure

• Powerful healing treatment, whilst reducing the potential of scarring

• Calms the melanocytes and improves pigmentation.

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Different Lights and their benefits:

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RED Light:

Anti-ageing, stimulates collagen, reduces fine lines, scar reduction and rejuvenates skin.

Red light treatment is amazing to use post treatment whereby the acid mantle or epidermis has been compromised.

After a microneedling, skin peel or a dermaplaning treatment. The light helps to speed up the healing the process in the dermal and epidermal skin layers and redness and inflammation is reduced.

LED light therapy puts the skin into a state of repair, which leads to an increase in the production of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid. Hydration is boosted, improving plumpness, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, brightening the complexion, allowing the skin to look fresher. The visible effects of ageing are lessened by the simple fact that the treatment boosts the levels of collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid, which naturally diminish with age. LED therapy also maintains youthful complexions and supports and repairs ageing skin, speeding up blood circulation that nourishes the treatment area, further boosting regeneration. It switches on your immune system, allowing the body to efficiently ingest compromised and damaged cells, reproduce healthy cells and aid cell detoxification. 

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YELLOW Light:

Tightens and tones, detoxifies and stimulates the sensory motor nervous system.

Reduces redness and wrinkle causing inflammation while boosting circulation. It works by stimulating the rejuvenation process with the cells to improve the density of the skin. 

 

BLUE Light:

Blue LED light therapy is fantastic for the treatment of mild to severe acne in adolescents and adults, acne scarring, and skin maintenance to prevent further acne outbreaks. Blue light treatment is a natural and powerful technique, targeting the follicle to kill P. acne the bacteria that grows deep inside the pores, where it feeds off sebum and can cause inflamed spots.

The treatment reduces inflammation, speeds up the healing process and improves overall condition of the skin.

Complexions will be fresher & brighter and skin texture & tone improved.

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VIOLET Light:

Treats psoriasis, dermatitis and Vitiligo

 

GREEN Light:

Calms red skin, broken red capillaries, anti-inflammatory, Rosacea, traumatized skin (sunburn), aid in fading pigmentation

and uneven skin color.​

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LED therapy provides the perfect foundation to good skin health and is a fundamental treatment that can freshen complexions and lift the mood in just 20 minutes.

Studies show that when using LED Light Therapy skin cells grow 150%-200% faster when exposed to different wavelengths of light. When the light penetrates down to the target cells, a change is caused within the cell. This strengthens the skin’s blood capillaries, leading to improved oxygenation and detoxification of the skin.

 

Most clients fall asleep or find the treatment very restful. Ultimately, the treatment is very relaxing, pain free, with no down-time. It can be used on all skin types and tones and it strengthens sensitive and vulnerable skin.

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CONTRAINDICATIONS:

LED is safe, non thermal, non-toxic and non-invasive, with no side effects reported in published literature.

In the 20 years that LED has been used in the medical and beauty industry, there have been no reported incidents of adverse reactions or damage caused by LED therapy.

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Medication: If you are taking any of the listed medications it is important to note that the treatment is extremely safe.

If you are taking any light sensitive medications listed below, the medication might allow the body to absorb more light than under normal circumstances, leading to a reddening of the skin. This is temporary. In instances where a strong drug like Accutane is being prescribed, the client should definitely not be treated until at least 5 days following completion of the course of the drug.

Other medications might allow the body to absorb more light than under normal circumstances, leading to a reddening of the skin. This is temporary. 

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Medication that cause light sensitivity may potentially allow your body to absorb more light than normal. However, because LED therapy delivers non-harmful low-level light as opposed to UV, the only side affects would be a slightly red or flushed appearance to the skin, or possibly a slight rash. This is temporary and will go down after a few hours.

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• PERFUMES & ST JOHN’S WORT may make the skin light sensitive. Clients can come with perfume on their skin but they may get a little bit of temporary redness this does not create long term damage. It is advised that you avoid wearing perfume when coming for your treatment.

• ACCUTANE MEDICATION The doctor who has prescribed the drug will ask the client not to use LED therapy until the course of treatment has been completed. It is important that this guidance is respected. However most doctors have said that clients can start having LED therapy the day after stopping taking accutane medication. This point shows again that there’s very little risk associated with mixing the medication with LED treatments.

• TOPICAL ACCUTANE AKA ISOTRETINOIN is a very strong retinol product can cause skin irritation, redness, burning, dry or peeling skin. The client can still have the treatment, but if the skin is very red and raw, reduce usage of the Isotretinoin, then introduce LED a few days later. 

• ANTIBIOTICS The skin will be very sensitive and will absorb light faster. therefore it is recommended to delay having LED Light therapy until your course of antibiotics has been completed.

 

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES and LED Light Therapy​

If you suffer with any type of autoimmune disease you must get permission from your doctor before proceeding with LED light therapy treatment.

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