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I'm curious about everyone's firsthand experience with red light therapy, and which devices you've bought. I'm exploring this because my skin isn't keeping pace with how quickly I'm losing weight, and I've read it can do a lot for eye health. Over on the other peptide forum I came across a device I'm interested in — link below. What other health benefits have you come across, either from reading or from your own results?


https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/subject_1601383393896.html?from=share&ckvia=share_e772e83a16da4dbca34ecd7f2f3d8ffc
 
limy845T4RD said:

I'm curious about everyone's firsthand experience with red light therapy, and which devices you've bought. I'm exploring this because my skin isn't keeping pace with how quickly I'm losing weight, and I've read it can do a lot for eye health. Over on the other peptide forum I came across a device I'm interested in — link below. What other health benefits have you come across, either from reading or from your own results?


https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/subject_1601383393896.html?from=share&ckvia=share_e772e83a16da4dbca34ecd7f2f3d8ffc
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At first I lumped this in with the "sure, sure" gimmick trends, yet the evidence keeps pointing toward there being real substance here.....Beyond the eye drops I'm prescribed, my eye health could use a boost, and the cost shouldn't be steep...I mean, it's just red light, right? What could that possibly set me back?..... 👍
 
I'm interested in this as well. I'd also like to know whether it works as a preventive measure or as a way to treat a skin concern, such as a loss of firmness or texture.
 
Flash-BCR said:

At first I lumped this in with the "sure, sure" gimmick trends, yet the evidence keeps pointing toward there being real substance here.....Beyond the eye drops I'm prescribed, my eye health could use a boost, and the cost shouldn't be steep...I mean, it's just red light, right? What could that possibly set me back?..... 👍
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www.aao.org
 
On the surface it seems like pure snake oil hocus-pocus, yet there do appear to be studies reporting positive outcomes for skin and hair.

Hair health would be my main interest. The catch is that these devices tend to be pricey (even more than the face masks aimed at skin health), and I'm a cheapskate. Every now and then the DIYer in me wonders whether I could pick up the "660nm 850nm Red Light Therapy DC12V Near IR LED Strip" on Amazon and stick them inside a used football helmet. Worst case, even if it flopped, I'd have one hell of a Halloween costume for next year.
 
Snake light — or snake oil? That label fits pretty well:



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www.outsideonline.com

"Plenty of miracle claims surround this technology, but a major one holds that a specific enzyme in your mitochondria absorbs the relevant light wavelengths, which then boosts mitochondrial function along with other metabolic pathways. Test-tube experiments have shown this, yet it has never been demonstrated in humans—so Luc van Loon’s research group at the University of Maastricht set out to test the claim, with the results published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise."

"The findings are simple to summarize: apart from a little surface warming at the skin, no difference appeared between the legs. The claims made for this kind of technology are so broad (Achilles tendinopathy! lumbar discopathy! pressure ulcers! range of motion!) that no single study could debunk them all. Still, these results should give you pause."



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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"A single session of photobiomodulation does not increase mitochondrial respiration in skin or underlying muscle tissue and does not modulate muscle gene expression ex vivo in humans."
 
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