Blue light therapy is an fda approved non invasive phototherapy treatment for acne.
Red and blue light therapy for cystic acne.
Other types of acne will not be affected by using this type of treatment.
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In the past uv light has been used to treat acne but now that uv rays have been proven to cause skin damage and premature aging other sources of light are now used instead.
Experts agree that at home blue light treatments are best for mild to moderate acne not severe cystic or scarring acne.
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Red light stimulates collagen and blue light kills an acne causing bacteria called propionibacterium acnes it won t help with other forms of acne.
It doesn t help cystic acne or hormonal variants and comedonal clogged pore acne.
The combination is skin that s thicker.
These devices are also not effective against blackheads whiteheads acne cysts or nodules according to the american academy of dermatology.
Acnes bacteria and the red light reduces skin inflammation.
Continual use of red light therapy can create less skin sensitivity to increased hormone levels during monthly periods or during pregnancy.
Blue light therapy is a similar principle to red light therapy but the light has different effects.
Also blue light therapy treatment can only help with acne that is cased by bacterial infection.
Light in the blue wavelength is used to kill acne causing bacteria.
7 9 however the population size from these studies is too small to conclude just how effective blue light therapy really is and whether it is effective in the long term.
Red and blue light therapy for cystic acne and hormonal acne.
Chapas says led light therapy only works on inflammatory acne that show signs of inflamed red bumps and pustules.
Studies suggest that it can improve but.