Hi Emily,
Hope all is well with you. Based on Dr Goldberg's responses:
"We generally provide a series of 5-7 LED treatments. They are given
2-4 weeks apart. Yellow LED treatments take only seconds". Again,
this is with medical grade units, so potentially home based units (at
least those of a lower power) might require more frequent treatments.
Also, I found the following interesting about Yellow LEDs:
"Basic rule is yellow LED for mild redness, red LED for more inflamed
rosacea, combination of red and near-infrared for inflammation and
swelling."
Dan
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>
> how often do the yellow led tx need to happen?
> i wonder if it would be neccessary if one were doing other tx such
as IPL, or PDL.
> emily
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: dfries2003
> To: rosacea-support@
> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:28 PM
> Subject: [rosacea] Re: RE:Dr. David J. Goldberg: Combining
Light-Based Treatments & Topicals f
>
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> One last thing. Potentially the difference between the home based
> units and the more powerful medical quality units is in how frequently
> treatments must be administered. It appears based on posts that I've
> read from users of home based units, that they seem to work best with
> more frequent use, whereas the medical quality units seem to allow
> more infrequent treatments. Just a thought...
>
> Dan
>
> --- In rosacea-support@
wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dan,
> >
> > Thanks for getting these questions off Dr Goldberg and a
> big thanks to Dr Goldberg for answering them.
> >
> > I understand he would be an extremely busy man, However I feel like
> he did not answer the questions thoroughly. He didn't provide any
> evidence besides what he had seen. He only used statements such as
> "appears to be" and "seems to suggest" which I don't think is the
> proof that the Rosacean community needs.
> >
> > Once again, I understand he would be an extremely busy man, and I am
> very grateful that he has already taken the time to answer these
> questions, but is there any chance that he can explain the WHY behind
> all the claims?
> >
> > For example, WHY did the Yellow LED treatment shrink the blood
> vessels and what exactly did it do to them that caused a reduction in
> visible size? Can you show us the studies? How many people was this
> conducted on? By what factor were they made smaller?
> >
> > He answered a little more thoroughly to the question about RED /
> N.I.R LED's when he said "Red and near-infrared LED have a major
> impact on many cells that cause inflammation"
> > But what is this major impact on many cells?
> >
> > Goldberg says "Home units generally are not powerful enough to lead
> to same results as medical quality units"
> >
> > Can he elaborate on this? Regardless of the power source, The lighy
> output of an LED will approach a limit. If you analyse the Light
> Output Vs Drive current curve, the light output will flatten and
> approach a maximum regardless of the drive current.
> >
> > Is this a scheme to make it seem essential that we go to a clinic
> for treatments?
> > Or is there some special high light output LED that is not available
> for purchase by the general public? Can he supply his treatment levels
> in Joules per square cm?
> >
> > I don't mean to sound unnappreciateive here. I am very thankful that
> he answered some of our questions. But can he please provide the
> evidence we need?
> >
> >
> > Were you satisfied with his answers Dan?
> >
> > Matt.
> >
> >
> >
>
------------
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Dr David J. Goldberg, MD, director of Skin Laser & Surgery
Specialists
> > of New York and New Jersey and a clinical professor of
dermatology and
> > director of laser research at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New
> > York, has kindly answered a few questions for us on his Dermatology
> > Times article, "Combining light-based treatments, topicals for
> > rosacea". A compilation of these questions and answers has been
> > added to Experts' Comments section of the Rosacea Support Resource
> Pages:
> >
> > http://rosacea- research- foundation. org/wiki/ index.php/
> Combining_ Light-Based_ Treatments_ and_Topicals_ for_Rosacea:
> _Dr._David_ J._Goldberg% 2C_MD
> >
> > We'd like to thank Dr. Goldberg again for taking the time to help
> > answer some of our questions.
> >
> > The full Rosacea Support Resource Page list can also be browsed from
> > the following link (or by clicking on the link at the top right
of the
> > Rosacea Support home page):
> >
> > http://rosacea- research. org/wiki/ index.php/ Main_Page
> >
> > Hopefully this new page will provide information that you will find
> > helpful. Please be sure to discuss the information contained within
> > the Resource Pages with a qualified physician in order to determine
> > the best form of treatment for you.
> >
> > And again, please feel free to send any feedback on the Resource
> > Pages, including suggestions for modifications, additions, etc to
> > wiki-feedback@ rosacea-research .org
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > Send instant messages to your online friends
> http://au.messenger
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
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