Red and other light therapy — can it work?
· 18 min
Episode Red and other light therapy — can it work?
If you’re into skincare, you’ve probably been advertised light therapy face masks.
These high-tech hockey masks promise to plump up or heal your skin through light – often red, but sometimes yellow, green, blue or even purple.
Norman and Tegan go through the rainbow to assess where there's evidence, and where there's not.
References:
• Sweaty sauna bathing for better health - What's That Rash? • Near Infrared Photoimmunotherapy: A Review of Recent Progress and Their Target Molecules for Cancer Therapy • Effect of NASA Light-Emitting Diode Irradiation on Wound Healing • Visible Red Light Emitting Diode Photobiomodulation for Skin Fibrosis: Key Molecular Pathways • Utilization of light-emitting diodes for skin therapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis • Photodynamic Therapy Using HMME for Port-Wine Stains: Clinical Effectiveness and Sonographic Appearance • Effect of Blue Light on Acne Vulgaris: A Systematic Review • The efficacy of violet light in the treatment of acne • Featured review: What are the benefits and risks of light therapy for treating atopic eczema? • Light therapy for preventing seasonal affective disorder
This episode first aired on December 18, 2024.
Links in the notes 10
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/sauna-sweat-health-benefits/104221000
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9916513/
- https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/104454701753342758
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13671-016-0141-x
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phpp.12841
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2020/6030581
- https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/20/6943
- https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(03)03395-4/fulltext
- https://www.cochrane.org/news/featured-review-what-are-benefits-and-risks-light-therapy-treating-atopic-eczema
- https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011269.pub3/full?highlightAbstract=light%7Ctherapy%7Ctherapi
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