{"id":10392,"date":"2022-11-20T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/red-light-therapy-the-science-behind-the-light-benefits\/"},"modified":"2022-11-20T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T13:55:55","slug":"red-light-therapy-the-science-behind-the-light-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/red-light-therapy-the-science-behind-the-light-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Light Therapy: The Science Behind The Light + Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/to3kohmyejq89ex6u.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Red light works via a phenomenon called photobiomodulation. \u201cThis is where different components of our cells are activated or respond to different wavelengths of light,\u201d board-certified dermatoligist Erum Ilyas, M.D., MBE, FAAD tells mbg.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exact mechanisms of photobiomodulation are not completely understood, but <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\">the effects have been clinically studied1<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span>. \u201cStudies seem to show that light acts on the mitochondria of cells which leads to increased production of different factors that increase the proteins and factors that allow cells to communicate,\u201d Ilyas explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By allowing the cells to communicate, red light therapy essentially helps your skin <em>work<\/em> more effectively. \u201cThis may help stimulate collagen production and other factors that help with skin remodeling,\u201d Illyas says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And one of the easiest ways to explain how red light (RLT) and other low-level light therapies work is to compare it to other traditional skin care devices like lasers and intense pulsed light (IPL).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLasers traditionally work by causing controlled damage in the skin in an attempt to trigger an inflammatory reaction,\u201d she notes. This can result in positive changes such as wrinkle reduction, improved hyperpigmentation, or reduced redness, Ilyas says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRed light therapies and other LLLTs are different in that they are atraumatic to the skin,\u201d she says. Meaning that instead of creating microtraumas that trigger healing, they start to positively impact the skin right away. Pretty cool, right?<\/p>\n<p>The best part? \u201cThe effects are seen without the discomfort, healing time, and possible reactive swelling that are seen with traditional laser and IPL platforms,\u201d she notes. Translation: You\u2019re tending to the skin on a cellular level without a bunch of negative side effects\u2014more on that in a bit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/red-light-therapy-science-behind-light-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red light works via a phenomenon called photobiomodulation. \u201cThis is where different components of our cells are activated or respond to different wavelengths of light,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}