gizmodo.com — Forget botox—if you want better-looking skin, start looking closer to home. At your LED-backlit LCD, for example. The Light Masque, pictured, is the secret to eternal beauty according to specialists, using red LEDs to diminish lines and spots.
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marciotApr 26, 2010
Is it just a coincidence that the wavelength claimed to be effective for such treatments just so happens to be red, which conveniently is the cheapest, most widespread type of LED out there?
shutupflandersApr 26, 2010
Right... and magnetic bracelets will cure your arthritis.
Closed AccountApr 26, 2010
Environmental factors and nutrition play a huge role.... But yeah, I somehow doubt that shining a red flashlight on your face is going to make an appreciable impact.
wassim2kApr 26, 2010
It cost me $300 to find out that a red "laser" device does not regrow hair.
mstachiwApr 26, 2010
So the reason I have beautiful skin is because my parents loved me enough to buy me Mattel's Electronic Football in the early 80s?
goweigusApr 26, 2010
different LEDs put off light at different levels of the spectrum, no they are NOT all the same! Ex: some are used for growing plants, others are used as Christmas lights
idiggaponyApr 26, 2010
You know, there may be some truth to this. See, for example, this: <a class="user" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19839877" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19839877</a>By the way, you too can search the medical literature. The site that most of us use is this: <a class="user" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez</a>Most of the time, you'll only be able to see the papers' abstracts, not the full papers, unless you work for a university or something that maintains electronic subscriptions to medical journals. But often just the abstracts are quite useful.
wolfkeeperApr 26, 2010
I used to use this kind of treatment for acne; they use two frequencies for that, the blue light at 405 nm kills the P.Acnes, the red light at 660nm (like they're talking about here) helps heal up the skin, but doesn't kill P.Acnes directly.It does work (I used special fluorescent lamps though, they're cheaper and more powerful).
kstha1Apr 26, 2010
nope not a confidence..this is actually old news..the military has been working on "healing" LEDs for a while..should see more stuff like this soon...
yage2006Apr 26, 2010
Actually no they cant. This has been proven to be total BS. It's been debunked in many skeptical circles.
arifyApr 29, 2010
I agree with you..