What is it?

Blue/red light acne treatment is an acne treatment for mild/moderate acne where you shine bright 'blue' (actually it's violet) and red lights on your skin to prevent new acne spots. It's thought to be safe, and improves acne by ~75% for 80% of people over 3 months. Another 10% of people see some improvement. This is comparable or better to BP, and similar to other treatments like antibiotics.

The violet light kills a bacteria called P.Acnes- this is the bacteria that is killed by most acne treatment- removal of the bacteria greatly improves your skin and prevents most acne. The light activates a porphoryn in the bacteria that isn't present in human skin, and the bacteria cooks itself.

The red light is anti-inflammatory and improves healing and increases the rate of production of collagen (giving a handy gentle facelift/antiwrinkling effect that lasts as long as you keep treating). Skin tone ends up better than normal on this treatment, a nice side-effect. It also helps heal up red marks; >10% or more faster.

Does it work?

For pictures see: (managing director of Androv); he got pretty good clearance.

also http://www.caci.co.nz/imagelibrary/100060.pdf (they're a couple of people who have had only violet light treatment- blue/red light treatment gives slightly better clearance and results.)

There's been one major published study in the UK:

http://www.wasauna.com/bluelight/journal.pdf

This involved 120 people using the light everyday, at home. Also, quite a few people have tried this form of treatment to good success. Yes, it really works.

That study used fluorescent tubes, but LEDs seem to work just as well: LED study.
Also other studies: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...l=pubmed_docsum and http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.f...l=pubmed_docsum

How do I get this treatment?

You need *really* almost stupidly bright blue/red lights for this to work. To get intense enough light you need to buy special lamps. Or you could go to a dermatologist, but I do not recommend that, it's nearly always much more expensive, awkward to travel to, and works less well. Plus if you buy the lamps you can use them for years, for little or no extra cost. If your acne improves you can sell them on ebay or something.

Any of these products will probably work (note: light is light, don't expect expensive ones to work any better, they won't)

BeautySkin
http://www.acnelamp.com/
http://www.acnestar.co.uk/
http://www.lumiport.com
http://www.naturebright.com/products/skin_care_lamp.html
Verilux happyskin acne light

The more powerful the lights are, the less time you need to spend treating, but your acne won't be any better or worse.

n.b. small handheld LED lights that only cover a small area mean you can spend ages treating; I think most people are better off with lamps that can cover a large area.

Also:

http://www.kaliszincolor.com/A_natural_acne_treatment.htm
(Sci/Art Lamps- or it's cheaper to just buy the dichroic bulbs and holders: http://www.acne.org/messageboard/forums.html...5113)

They sell dichroic lamps these seem to work, or at least a few people here have claimed that they did.

They also ship LED lamps. But the LEDs that have been shipped are a deep blue, at 470nm. These should not work since it is incapable of killing the acne bacteria. The colour that works is a deep violet colour at 405-420nm; 470nm is too far off. They claim that they will be shipping a violet lamp later on, but until they do, avoid this type at all costs.

How quickly does it work?

You'll see some improvement in a few days; that's mainly the red light acting. However the violet light will kill the P.Acnes almost completely in the first few days or so.

It will then take a good 12 weeks for the pores to completely unblock themselves and the skin to grow and the red marks to fade. In the meantime you will continue to get acne; but at an ever slowing rate. Most people don't notice any effect for the first 6 weeks, because normal variation in acne covers the effect. Some people don't get good clearance till the 12th week. Under no circumstances give up!

How long should I use the lights for?

You should follow the instructions. Some people find that using the lights slightly less than indicated gives better results (e.g. 10 minutes instead of 15). It seems to be a bad idea to use the lights longer than the manufacturer says, it tends to irritate the skin slightly and if anything causes more acne.

You should use the lights once a day (everyday!) You can however use the lights up to twice a day. So, if you miss a day, you can top up with two treatments, several hours apart the following day. Try to average 7 treatments a week.

Once your acne clears, as with benzoyl peroxide or antibiotics you need to keep using the lamp at least a few times a week.

Is it safe?

None of these lamps produce dangerous amounts of ultraviolet. Scientific experiments indicate that neither blue nor red light causes cancer.

There is a report that some of the lamps might cause a slight tan in asian or mexican people. The fluorescent lamps produce small amounts of UV-A (about the same amount per day as standing outside in the sun for 1 minute). If that's a concern, choose one of the non fluorescent lamps.

It is very important to keep the violet light out of your eyes. It's thought that normal blue light even in sunlight gradually damages the retina, so 100% protection against the blue light is essential. Closing your eyes is probably not sufficient. The lamps generally come with goggles, but at a pinch painting some swimming goggles or wrap them in aluminium foil would be good.

It's really expensive isn't it?

No, it's cheaper than benzoyl peroxide including the washes and moisturisers you need to use for that.

Sure, if you were to go to a dermatologist to have blue/red treatment, then yes it's often really expensive.

But if you buy your lamp, it's reasonably cheap. If you add up the cost of BP, moisturisers and cleansers over a couple of years you will find it comes to more than the cost of the lamps, particularly the cheaper lamps.

Who has used it on Acne.org?

Worked (i.e. >75% clearance):

biochembabe (Sci/art dichroic), wolfkeeper (dermalux), GTO, seamus (Sci/art dichroic), delboy, Locked In Grace, stanno(beautyskin), DeeAgony, Ronin (beautyskin), Rupert (dermalux)

At least some improvement (e.g. 50%):

don't look, timmytim, kanmi

Failed:

Posh, B24K, Le Chiffre (dermalux)

(Posh didn't follow the instructions correctly, and gave up early, but I've still counted it as a failure; B24K saw some improvement but not enough to justify further treatment).

Anything else I need to know?
You can use it with most other treatments, except Accutane. It's important that you face is clean when you use it though. It may be a useful adjunct to tetracycline antibiotics- these antibiotics are 'bacteriostatic' in other words they don't kill the bacteria they just hold it at bay; whereas this treatment kills them. So the combination is likely to be a good one.

Overtreating:

Some people with very sensitive skin seem to get a slight irritation/redness from their lights. This doesn't seem harmful, but indicates that they need to reduce the time. People that fail to reduce the time if this happens seem to get much less improvement. However even then the lights don't seem to be harmful- people have fallen asleep in front of their lamps for over an hour without anything really bad happening (i.e. no 'sunburn' or peeling,) but it's not a way to calm skin. Used sensibly blue/red light calms skin down and this seems to give less acne.

Particular products:

- I personally do not recommend buying a dermastyle pen; the beam is very narrow and the manufacturers make IMHO misleading claims as to its effectiveness (Chu's study says that it takes about 3 months to clear acne, NOT a few days- there is absolutely no evidence of any noticeable reduction in acne in his study results that quickly.) These blue/red light products largely prevent new acne in a region, and that's difficult with a pen-size treatment. It might work if you only have acne in very, very limited regions; but the vast majority of people's acne isn't like that.

- Dermalux lamps work (they're the same as Dr. Chu's study). The Beautyskin is basically the same product, and uses essentially the same kind of bulbs. You can even swap the bulbs between the units.

:there gone almost

has any tried this treatment? I am planning to do the treatment during xmas, I want to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Is this a good idea or not? my scars are not very deep, and i stopped breaking out. I was also told that this treatment was one of the newer ones out in the market.

Thanks in Advance.

I just bought a beautyskin, so i wanted to track my progress, and post my results for others to see. I break out with hormones on my chin and a few on my cheeks once a month. The rest of the month, i have occasional breakouts, but nothing too bad. My skin is very oily in the T-zone. i have a lot of black heads, and very large pores. I wanted to get this to reduce the oil and hopefuly help with the overall texture and tone of my skin.

Day 1 and 2: did 2 treatments. 15 min each. After the first treatment, i noticed tiny tiny pimples on my forehead(I never breakout on my forehead). But definetly not enough to stop me from using it. You could barely notice them at all. Very tiny. by the next treatment, they were gone. I have a cyst coming in on my chin, but it doesnt seem to be affected any better or worse from the light. I doesnt feel like it's too bad, but i don't think the light has done anything for it. Overall redness of my face seems to be a bit better, and the texture is kinda the same( A little rough in some spots, some tiny bumps under the skin on my cheeks and chin) So far I like it and will contiue to use it

Hi guys I'm looking to get some Fraxel restore treatment for my face. Basically I have really rough skin all over especially under my eyes. It just makes me look really rough and ugly. I tried using products which my skin has peel for days but there was improvement.

I really want to get this sorted as been ruining my life for the last 4 years and just want to sort it. However I don't want to waste my money if it's no good.

Hi everybody,
Is anyone here trying the smoothbeam laser acne treament ?
I would like to ask about skincare after all the sessions are done. Normally, how long does it take your skin to be completely recovered ? Could you please recommend me some aftercare skin products? What should I do if I want to wear make-up ?

Thank you very much in advance. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best wishes, Giani.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

it looks legit, right?

http://www.light-therapy-led.com/products.htm

Or I could just order some bulbs off of here.


Tell me what you think! I want to order something soon!

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Just had a V-beam session today, opted for bruising. i have some red marks from acne and also a mild rosacea in upper cheeks... have had vbeam before with bruising so i know it should be much better in a week. anyone else had vbeam and positive results?

PRICE: $3,000 Australian

Ok so it has been exactly 10 days since I received the Pearl Laser (full face) and Pearl Fractional Laser (Half Face – two passes).
I hope this information of my experience helps anyone considering Pearl Laser and Pearl Fractional Laser by Cutera.
It is important to understand the difference between the two lasers.
Pearl Laser: The pearl laser is a non ablative laser; it treats fine lines on the face and neck, uneven skin texture and light & dark spots caused by sun damage.
Pearl Fractional: The Pearl Fractional procedure aggressively treats the signs of
photodamage in addition to a broad range of dermal imperfections.

I received a full face of the Pearl Laser and then half face (eyes down) of the Pearl Fractional Laser.

Before:
Please understand my acne scarring wasn't severe. However where they were on my cheeks made them extremely noticeable. I had a few pitted scars on my cheeks and around my chin, which gave the appearance of sort of bumpy skin in some areas.

When I met with my plastic surgeon he told me that I would see an improvement in my scarring however full results would be seen three months after.

OPERATION:
Saturday 18th July 2009.

Before I received the laser, a nurse gave me a mild microdermibrasion to clean my skin and get rid of any dead skin cells.

She then placed numbing cream all over my face and left me for about 20 mins, then she applied more and left me again. During this time I could feel my face becoming numb.

I was then taken into the room where the laser was, the doctor then gave me four anaesthetic needles in my mouth, two in front of my top teeth and two in front of my bottom teeth (the needles did sting a little) for the nerves in my face, straight away I could feel my face starting to droop. I did not receive a needle for my forehead as I was only receiving the pearl laser there (which isn’t as aggressive as the fractional laser).[/indent]
My Dr started on the forehead first with the pearl laser:
The pain was bearable, moving over the cheeks around the eyes and jaw line I must admit did hurt quite a bit but still bearable. Once he had completed the full face it was now time for the Fractional Laser.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THE PEARL FRACTIONAL LASER IS NOT FOR THE LIGHT HEARTED!
The pain was unbelievable, I had numbing cream on and had been given four anaesthetic needles however I could still feel it. My description would be it felt like pin sized shots of heat to your face 15 at a time. It hurt so much and your face gets extremely hot, luckily my doctor had a vacuum type cylinder that he held and blew cold air onto my face. Im not sure what a tattoo feels like but I can imagine the pearl fractional would feel like ten tattoo guns going at once in each section (and I had two passes of it – SEVER PAIN!)

The whole procedure took around 45 minutes. Once the doctor had finished my face was burning, It felt like my head had been cooking in an oven, all I could do was hold the vacuum fan onto my face to try to cool it down.
The nurse then applied a layer of Vaseline (petroleum jelly) over my face, and I finally looked in the mirror. My face was quite red and I had started to bleed in certain areas.

After the procedure, my face eventually cooled down and stoped stinging and when I got home and that night I did around 4 vinegar soaks and reapplied the Vaseline after each. My face was red, bloody and oozing. I looked like someone out of a horror film! My face was also very swollen!

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This was taken that night by a friend. Very swollen and bleeding!

Day 2: Still looked quite the same as last night, however by the afternoon most of the bleeding has stoped and I was left with a bright red face. Kept up the vinegar washes, I tried to do at least one every hour as this speeds up the healing process, you can never do enough!

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Taken late afternoon of day 2. Still very swollen however most of the blood has gone.

Day 3: Still much the same except all the blood had gone. Skin started to turn brownish in certain areas. Still keeping up the vinegar soaks!

Day 4: The brown skin I realised was the skin that was ready to start peeling. Still keeping up the vinegar soaks!

Day 5: Starting to peel a little and keeping up the vinegar washes.

Day 6: Still peeling. Visited the nurse and she said everything was looking normal, still bright red however I would start on the recovery pack that night that I received from the Drs which included a face wash and other products for healing skin.

Day 7: Still peeling and still red.

Day 8: Majority of peeling gone, Wore make up for the first time (You are only recommended to use pure mineral makeup), I use youngblood mineral makeup, which is a pure mineral and was developed for people with sensitive skin due to acne, or burns etc etc. However because my skin is still very dry my make up didn’t look very good after awhile. However makeup covered the pinkness quite well!

Day 9: Wore makeup again, my skin is still very dry and red and it just doesn’t sit on nicely but I need it to cover the redness.

Day 10: Back at work, skins still dry and very like day 9.

Over all I can see a little difference in my skin. My face was swollen up until around day 5ish and now the pinkness is eventually starting to fade I can see that some pigmentation issues I had look diminished. However my main problem was my scars, I have noticed a decrease in the pitted scars, they aren’t as noticeable, however not much of a difference, Im hoping this is due to the fact that it takes up to three months to see the final results as the collagen needs to rebuild. Fingers crossed it improves some more. I will keep you all posted though and add some more pictures.

Hey everyone.

I bought an enLux lamp a few weeks ago, and it got here 3 days ago (at which point I immediately started using it). I'm starting this log a bit late, but I'll continue it for about a month at which point I'll decide if it worked for me or not, and hence return it or keep it for further use.

A bit of background: I'm 19, Caucasian, and a vegetarian (in case that changes anything).
I've tried:
- Proactive for about 2 years
- Exposed for about 2 months
- Dan's Regime for 6 months
- Erythromycin (Antibiotic): 3 months
- Tetracycline (Antibiotic): Used it twice, 3 months each for a total of 6 months.
- Minocycline (Antibiotic): About 2 months
- Accutane: Used it twice, about 6 months each time.

So you can call this yet another desperate attempt.

DAY 1-3

I used it for 1 minute intervals straight on and then on both sides like they recommended. I haven't seen any improvement, although it's been to early to really tell. The lamp is pretty bright and you really wouldn't want to stare directly at it. It's best to use the eye protection included. I'm thinking I'll increase gradually up to the recommended 5minutes over the next week and a half.





If you have any questions let me know!

I have used the caribbean sun box for the past 5 nights @ 10 minutes each session with both the red and blue lights turned on. I have yet to see any improvement, but I am currently in fairly bad breakout (for me). I get these about once a month, and then a few weeks of clearish skin. I am a guy, so I don't quite understand why it would be cyclical like this. I will update more on my progress as it develops.

I spent $185 on the device, and it appears to be built fairly well. It also seems to give great coverage of my entire face and neck. Hopefully my skin will naturally start to clear up now and then I will be able to completely avoid this fiasco next month.

I currently use a 1.5% SA wash in the mornings in addition to this CSB at night.

Here's to hoping

Oh, I had also used dan's method forever ago. It only made my skin a lot worse. The method appears to have been very well honed (and certainly capitalized) since my very old interactions with it.

I use my beauty skin on my back and it works very well At first it gets worse and then 2 week later it amounts clear and it is clear by the third week. But now my face is worse then my back. I got big spots on my back but less of then On my face more spots but lucky smaller. Do you think it will work on my face the same.?Also should i turn my face when on beautyskin. I thought beautyskin covered or your face when looking at it.But people seen to turn there face on this website.So should i do 15 min on each side instead?

I am interested in getting laser acne scar removal treatments. I have had deep acne scars for ever it seems like and they are impossible to cover up. I heard people are getting really great results and I saw this South Coast MedSpa video about laser acne scar removal and it looked intense but really effective. Has any one had total fx laser acne scar removal treatments and could give me some advice? I would really appreciate it! Thanks

Hi,

I use sunbeds as they really improve my acne.

I was wondering if sunbeds improve my acne, does this mean I could replace them with acne lights? Would it also have the same sort of effect?

Also, can you just use a blue lamp or should you also use red for the best results?

I am just writing to you all a warning. Trophyskin.com offers a home Blue-Light therapy lamp with impressive reviews and credentials. Wrong. Now I am normally skeptical of these online cures, but I was desperate by this point and needed anything. So I forked over the 250$ and prayed to god it would work. I wasnt happy from the start let me say. It took almost a month to arrive and when it did all the pieces were scattered in a plain white box. A recepit was inside with no instuctions and a pair of broken light shades. But I was extremely excited to start with this and got right into it. The next 3 weeks didnt change. Nothing had happened. Acne went on at it's usual pace. New and old pimples. The website recommended 4-8 weeks being at 8 weeks your completely clear. This rather worried me as the warranty was only good for 30 days. At after 4 weeks I emailed them and explained I hadn't had sucess but I really wanted to stick it out. I was then given a 45 day extension. Since then life has went on and nothing has changed. Im still as blemished as ever and 250$ poorer. Currently I am battleing to get the money back, but it isn't looking good. Anyways this is a warning to you lot. Stay away and please don't order from Trophyskin.com

Thank you,
Richard Ross

I have now had 2 fraxel and 1 affirm laser procedures. I wasn't really all that happy with either one of them. I now have a profractional resurfacing procedure November.19th at 9:00 am...I have heard they this procedure if 3 times better then either one of them... I will let you all know how it goes! I am only getting my partial face done (cheeks, nose and chin are)... They are charging me only 400$... I have take off Thursday, Friday and the following Monday just in case... they say by the 3rd day I can go out without makeup... lets hope and pray that I don't have to wear as much makeup/concealer anymore after this!!

I just got my Spatabulous acne light and I have been using it for 3 days. So far I haven't noticed much, but I will keep using it and come on every now and then to say what's happening. I'm supposed to use it for a couple months before I see a real difference.

My friend has one and says it works, so I'll trust that.

Hello Just sign up I'm an Engineer and I built my own LED lamp
the LEDs I purchased at Radio Shack here in IL
I purchased an LED Lamp from Home Depo the lamps are white so I replaced them with red and blue ones Totalling $20 each lamp
the Lamp are regulas stick up Lamp for home or office only problem some one will have to solder the Blue and reds in the circuit board after removing the white ones
I have used the Blue lamp about 6 week I do see the difference I used it twice a day
I use topical medication also

hope this help
Lakota70

Hi all,

I was watching the news yesterday and saw a report on this new treatment given by a surgeon. It's called ALA Photodynamic Light Therapy. This guy had severe acne had already been on the antibiotics and accutane and it still came back.

Now, i'm on accutane right now, so don't think i'm just putting stuff out there, but the results were nothing close to a miracle. I'm sooo serious.

His face was covered with lesions (I didn't see cystic though) but it was still very severe. After 3 treatments and 1 and a half months, he was completely clear. THat is astonishing. The redness was gone, everything. I've never seen anything like it in my life. Now, i'm on 1 1/2 months of accutane right now and I still have a couple of lesions and redness but what I saw is amazing.

The procedure costs 1000 bucks and has a 90% success rate!!! That's higher than the tane. The acne goes away for 1-2 years sometimes permanently. Sound familiar? But, nevertheless, it's not as invasive as accutane in that it doesn't affect your whole body and I would have to say the results are even better, from seeing this guy. Unbelievable.

We have some more hope people!!!

The Dr. that is performing this therapy resides in Toronto. (I saw the news over Satellite as i'm in the States. But, nevertheless, there should be docs performing this all over right?

Let me know what you think.

Oh, i'll be posting on my 2 month progress soon

Does anyone know the strength of the bulbs on the Acnestar device? Are they the optimal 415nm?

Ive emailed the company on two separate occasions however as yet they havent had the common decency to bother their backside to respond.

Okay here it goes.

I have been to this site since I believe 2006. but never posted due to registration problems. I want to explain what I went through to see if anyone had similar experiences because I have not met anyone in person who has gone through this. If this is the wrong forum please move it to the appropriate one.

My acne began when I was 12 and it occured within a few days. I first had blackheads, which took a week to cover my nose and face. Soon after, I began to have pimples and severe cystic acne. This is when my mother decided to perform an extraction, but she severely scarred my face on my temples and forehead. I was scarred when I was 12. At first, I thought it would go away. It never did. Freshman year of high schhol, I went to the dermatologist where he prescribed antibotics. They worked for a little while, but the bacteria became resistant starting the whole cycle again. With the tropical creams, My acne became under control sophomore year.

By junior year, it returned in full force. Senior year, I went to another dermatologist where she refused to give me Accutane because of license issues. I became scarred severely on my cheeks and chin due to ingrown hairs. I shaved, but I could never again shave like everyone else. It takes me a whole hour to shave properly sue to scarring. Yes, I do admit the scarring on my cheeks is my fault because I plucked some hairs out to try to minimize shaving, but with the acne it became worse and inflamed. I learned my lesson.

By freshman and sophomore year of college, My dermatologist was replaced and I started to take Accutane. At first it was horrible, because I had severe side effects. I became depressed, bones hurt, felt weak, lost concentration on exams, and my hair thinned out similar to what cancer patients go through. I was taking high doses prescribed my dermatologist about 120 mg or more a day. After the six months, it was over, My cycstic acne went down, but the scarring was awful. I was prescribed Tazarac and Retina A micro. I took them for over a year and a half. Nothing improved. They never seemed to prevent some acne from coming back nor did it improve scarring.

After discussing with my dermatologist, she said she could do nothing any longer. We tried everything. I could just take the creams, but the logical step was to laser or chemical peels. Since I was a college student, she knew I could not afford expensive laser treatment. I tried two chemical peels and they do not really do anything.

Finally in 2009, After a year of not seeing any dermatologist, I have payed for three treatments of Pixel laser. I am very skeptical because I am not sure if this will heal my skin completely or do anything. I know I will have to do three more or try another kind of laser. I hope for the best come this November. I am going to do three more chemical peels to try to control my acne before laser treatment. I also use some over the counter lotions, but they seem useless as usual.


I payed for this with my own money because my parents insurance dumped us. I got another insurance plan, but you would not believe the nonsense I had to go through with these people. In order to lower my rate, I had to answer personal questions about how badly my acne was. I lied to them telling them it was healed fully and I never had any acne again. I knew if I didnt they would make me pay 100s of dollars a month for my premium. They wanted to know if I had scars and if I seeked laser treatment. They wanted to know how many too! I never felt so humilated in my life. Also, I know now my severe acne came from my mom's side because she is scarred in the same places I was. She also was scarred by an esthetician.

As of now, my acne hurts since they emerge from my right cheek and they cannot be touched without pain. My hair has thinned out considerably and I look older than most of peers. Most people I know have no scars. My skin is defintely not like everyone,but oily now becoming dry with peeling.
$2216.49-total cost for everything since college
$1000.00 past high school?
1645.00 pixel, bluelight,

Anyone ever had pixel fraxal laser?

I figured I would do a poll to help me and others what has worked the best for people.

I tried to find as many options as possible
I realize there are more so just post if another was truly successful for you.

I am looking for a larger version instead of just a handheld device if anybody wants to throw out some advice I would appreciate it.

Hydroponic growers are using blue/red leds now for growing all kinds of plants. Many of these lights are on sale in the familiar red/blue arrangement within the same nanometer specs we are interested in, many websites list those nanometers (nm's).
I was wondering how I got my new handheld size bulbs so cheap... I could've saved myself some money had I known this before I bought my acnelamp a few years ago.
So, you know you are supposed to sit about six inches away from these things, & that 15 minutes is an optimal amount of time per day.
You know the wavelengths of light you're looking for are...
Blue light peak at 415 nm and red light 660 nm. Seems it's easiest to purchase blue in the 450 nm range.
Your only other issue is size, so you'll have to consider the amount of leds on the panel... For example 38 leds in a circle measure just 1& 1/2 inch across.

Has anyone heard of this laser? Being dark skinned, I would like to know if anyone here used this type of laser to treat hyperpigmentation or anything else? I called a laser clinic, which said that I am not a candidate because I have my hyperpigmentation for many years, as it makes the skin darker. I don't know what to believe anymore. Just with fraxel laser, some people say it can be used on all skin colours, but some people say it cannot be used on dark skin (brown skin).

Hey
i was just wondering if anyone using light therapy acne lamps has also seen any effects on SAD. Ive been looking online and i see light boxes that treat acne, and light boxes that treat SAD but none that seem to treat both (which is what i hope to find).
has anyone noticed a difference in their mood when using the acne light boxes?
any info would be great!
thanks

Its a little device that uses red and blue light to improve acne. Below is the link. It looks interesting.

http://www.ansr.com/

I have been using the caribbean sunbox for acne for almost 9 months now and haven't really noticed any improvement other than my chin and forehead. my cheeks and nose still break out pretty bad. it ddn't come with detailed instructions so maybe i'm not doing this right. i'm just wondering if anyone knows how long a session should be and how close my face should be from the light? can overuse aggravate the acne? please let me know

Recently I've purchased BlueMD. I used it for about a week and started to see great improvement! I was excited and thought I found the answer, until I started breaking out again. I think the breakout could perhaps be due to using the light too much, I started with two sessions a day but due to satisfaction of results I started using it more frequently. My question is, will using the light too much cause breakouts? Now I am seeing a great amount of small pimples leaving my face a bit discolored. It also seems that the light doesn't treat all my acne, the acne on my forehead remains the same after the blue light, while the acne on my cheeks react the same way as a course of BP.

Does the light only target certain types of acne and once again, is there any possibility that using it too much can cause worsening of the skin condition I'm trying to rid?
The light also results in dryness, could dryness be a factor? I have non-comedogenic moisturizers but am still scrupulous of breaking out. It seems all moisturizers trigger a break out for me, including cetaphil, cereva, and hylira. Anyone else use BlueMD and is it really dermatologist grade? I also use Retin-A and that as well causes dryness. Should I moisturize when using a blue light?

do LED blue and red lights release UV rays? how much per each 15 minute session