acne OVERVIEW

Acne is a common skin disease that causes pimples. Pimples form when hair follicles under your skin clog up. Most pimples form on the face, neck, back, chest, and shoulders. Anyone can get acne, but it is common in teenagers and young adults. It is not serious, but it can cause scars.  No one knows exactly what causes acne. Hormone changes, such as those during the teenage years and pregnancy, probably play a role.

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THERAPY OVERVIEW

Blue and red light combination LED phototherapy is an effective, safe and non-painful treatment for mild to moderately severe acne vulgaris, particularly for papulopustular acne lesions.   Blue light is effective for acne treatment, inducing photodynamic destruction of Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes).

 

SCIENTIFIC BACKED RESULTS

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Effect of blue light on acne vulgaris: a systematic review
MLG Diogo, TM Campos, ESR Fonseca, C Pavani… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com

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Blue and red light combination LED phototherapy for acne vulgaris in patients with skin phototype IV
SY Lee, CE You, MY Park - … Medicine: The Official Journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library

 

Far Infrared Therapies, has observed that many patients are cured of chronic acne with regular
use of a FIR sauna. … Studies have shown a 30 minute far infrared sauna session can burn …
SK Sharma, S Sardana, MR Hamblin - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier

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effectiveness

Thirty-one Taiwanese with symmetrical facial acne were irradiated with blue light on one side of the face selected randomly twice weekly for 4 consecutive weeks. The other half of the face was left untreated as control. Parameters, including scar type, pore size, and facial follicular porphyrin fluorescence intensity, were documented. The severity of acne was assessed before the treatment, after two, four, and eight sessions of treatment, and 1 month after the treatment was completed.  Compared with the non-irradiation side, eight sessions of blue light irradiation were effective in acne treatment (P<0.001). Gender (P=0.471), scar type (P-values of pitted, atrophic, and hypertrophic type were 0.688, 0.572, and 0.802, respectively), pore size (P=0.755), and pretreatment fluorescence intensity (P=0.656) could not be used as predictive factors of therapeutic effectiveness. Compared with pretreatment, nodulocystic lesions tended to worsen despite treatment. Blue light irradiation is effective in acne treatment.

MLG Diogo, TM Campos, ESR Fonseca, C Pavani… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com

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HOW OFTEN

How often should you repeat this therapy? The acne therapy program at Recharge requires a once per week visit to the club for 90 minutes per session.

 

RESULTS

What are the results of this therapy?  After approximately 4-7 weeks clients should see a noticeable improvement

 

Cost

 How much does this service cost?  The cost for this plan is $99 per month.  There are no contracts or long term commitments.  To get started you will need to purchase a Recharge Health Plan

 

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