LED Lighting Could Be a Botox Replacement
Few people will argue that LED lights are particularly attractive, but they may just be able to make you more attractive. German researchers reported last month that people who received several weeks of treatment under LED lights experienced a lessening of skin wrinkles similar to what is seen with Botox treatments.
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The researchers’ study points out that LED lights penetrate the skin and cause changes in sub-surface tissue by changing the molecular makeup of a layer of water on elastin (the protein that provides elasticity in skin).
So in addition to being an energy-efficient form of lighting, we can now also refer to LED lights as a safe alternative to rat poison injections.
Photo Credit: ACS Publications
Yeah, there’s something going on with the lighting, alright. The main difference in those two photos is that the one on the left has harsh lighting at an angle to accentuate wrinkles, while the one on the right has very soft, diffuse lighting.
Yeah,
redlight on photo can be used as an “editing” tool, only. In otherwords, tones of red can be used to “touch” a photo on adobe.
Should we touch the wrinkles, signs of experience, life effort, wisdom with red light or with adobe ?
First photo also utilizes a hard light source, which accentuates fine lines and wrinkles. You can tell by the raccoon shadows in the eyes that the lighting is adding to the sharp wrinkles.
The second photo is flatly lit which helps blend the wrinkles in. Sounds like a lot of hokum to me…
While I’m willing to accept that the therapy works, these photos don’t reveal the effect very clearly. You pretty much have to look for it.
This is purely a marketing ploy. Guess who funded the study?
Any particular wavelength coming from a LED is no different than light of that same wavelength coming from the sun. In other words, going outdoors would do the same thing if there were any effect from this product.
also the distributed nature of multiple LED light sources lessens the shading/shadowing effect effect that a single source makes.
The picture is unconvincing as the two have different light sources.
Is one an LED and another an incandesent.
Is this effect proven with research and is it imidiate or is it a gradual change over a long time frame.
The pictures were a year apart.
I bought some LEDs lately. Nice company to deal with. Fast turnaround and shipping, keen customer service, best prices. Very acceptable. Highly recommended. http://www.Eaglelight.com
Thanks, Barbara,
I looked at Eaglelight and tried some of their LED’s to replace my energy hog bulbs and cut down on those wrinkles - I live in CA and the electricity is awfully expensive! We’re in a botox culture here and I love that I can save energy and skip having fillers - I already do the botox : ) all just by buying LED’s.
By the way, I second the recommendation of Eaglelight.com - I had a question beacuse I don’t understand LED’s and didn’t know what to buy and their rep called me write back and was very nice and helpful.
Cindy