Monday, November 20, 2006

[rosacea] Red (or Yellow?) LED Therapy

I would like to hear from members of this group who have purchased
LED therapy devices if they have seen unequivocal and sustained
positive results from their use. What wavelengths were used in your
devices? How often did you use it? Were there any negative side-
effects?

Incidentally, we now have a thread about a doctor (Dr. Goldberg) who
uses yellow LED light to treat rosacea. Is this the same wavelength
as used in IPL treatments? If so, is there something unique about
this wavelength over other nearby colors? And for example, could not
someone use bandpass filtered sunlight to achieve the same effect?

So while I'm a bit skeptical, if this approach appears to have some
efficacy, I intend on building a prototype LED array based on the
best information I can find. At the moment, I have defined a
combination 660/880nM array using 96 and 72 LEDs respectively,
divided among 3 "hinged" panels. Using a 5Volt power supply, the
array would draw about 2.2Amp. It shouldn't be difficult to re-
implement the array for other color LEDs, if it turns out that, say,
a 585nM yellow LED produces a better effect. But before I spend the
time and dollars on this, I want to have some confidence that it
will be worth it.

Wayne

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