The Story of Phototherapy/light therapy

It all began when Endre Mester, a Hungarian medic who in the late 1960s began experimenting with the effects of lasers on skin cancer, published a paper in which he revealed he had successfully cured the leg ulcers of patients using a red-light laser.

Professor Harry Whelan, a neurologist who in the late 1980s was working at NASAs medicine laboratory, having developed a blue light to be used to activate chlorophyll on the space stations hydroponic plant farms, began to examine possible medical uses for the diodes, he then developed a red-light that operated at 633nm and subsequently published a paper looking at its effect on pain reduction and wound healing, this was used successfully in treatments for the astronauts.

Just prior to this and throughout the same time, a Scottish pathologist, Dr Glen Calderhead, in 1976 began studying in japan with laser surgeons. One of whom during laser treatment to remove a birthmark incidentally cured post herpetic neuralgia (a painful condition of shingles that affects the nerves) post herpetic neuralgia lives in the intercostal muscles some of the light energy had penetrated beyond its target at a low level. Dr Calderhead also studied the effects of red light on patients with non-melanoma skin cancers on their faces who reported afterwards their skin was in much better condition, generally he discovered the blue light proved effective in treating acne. Further studies into the treatment for acne, which appeared only to be responding for a limited period, led him to use both blue and red lights together to achieve greater and longer lasting results. Dr Calderhead has written many clinical papers and a book on Low Level Light Therapy with Light Emitting Diodes, writing about the uses not limited to skin care but also for pain relief in injuries.

Further research continues to indicate that LED light therapy can be effective for wound healing and other types of skin damage, the US elite, navy SEALs, use LED light therapy to heal wounds, the treatments have been reported to show improvements of more than 40% in musculoskeletal injuries in team members, as well as reduced wound healing time.

Back to that rainbow of nourishment…

For prevention right now – LED gets to the heart of the matter. It is a more holistic, more gentle approach to your skin therapies and connects to wellbeing as much as it does to anti-ageing. LED lighting and light therapy is associated with decreased levels of stress and anxiety.

You will have more collagen and elastin, at home masks will never be as good as a clinical system as they are too close to the skin to be fully efficient, the quantum is a contact free LED therapy device.

Red light therapy can be an effective natural treatment for eczema and psoriasis reducing itchiness and inflammation and helping speed up the healing process of skin in general. By using varying wavelengths of light we can trigger the skins natural healing processes to repair the skin.