Acne Rosacea: [rosacea] Re: More LED confusion

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

[rosacea] Re: More LED confusion

I always think it's interesting they way some folks want to know how
something works so badly, while others are content with just knowing
that it works, or knowing how it works for them. I always feel like I
must know why, why, why something does what it does. Might be less
stressful for me to just be happy that it helps..but there must be a
reason why - WHY!!!! AAAGH!! ;)

Cheers!

Artist

--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, Matthew I <mtthw_i@...> wrote:
>
> Pricey huh. It¢s a unit that is intended for clinical use. So a
beautician would buy this machine and you¢d go in for a treatment and
pay roughly $50-$100 AUS for a 20 minute session. The machine consists
of a variety of different coloured heads and it slowly moves over the
treatment area and has the option utilising small time periods of
different colours or a full session on just one colour.
>
> I am getting continually sceptical on all the claims made by these
companies without sufficient backing evidence. I would of thought
there may be liability issues involved with claims like these. How can
they prove it?
>
> I received a reply from the sales representative today who forwarded
me a .pdf document which was basically a bunch of quotes from M.D¢s
approving of LED therapy. It also included the original NASA study,
but that was the entirety of it. I still don¢t know where they
formulated all these benefits of different colours. I asked her for
some more information. Hopefully that will be able to shed some light.
>
> I agree with you artist. Of all the colours I have tried I have
noticed the best results from Red+Near Infra Red. It would be great if
there was a study on LED¢s that could show us the benefits of each
colour, and prove the exact affect that they have on your skin.
>
> Matt