Deep penetrating light therapy

Deep penetrating light therapy

Deep penetrating light therapy (abbreviated DPLT) is a form of medical treatment using light-emitting diodes. DPLT has been suggested for the treatment of pain reduction, wound healing, acne and wrinkle reduction.[1][2][3][4]

Laboratory studies have shown that skin cells grow 150-200% faster when exposed to certain LED light wavelengths.[4]

Polarized light therapy is a method invented by Hungarian physician Márta Fenyő at the beginning of the 1980s. Her first device of this kind was the Bioptron lamp using light emitting diodes. A more voluminous and sophisticated version of this device is the Sensolite lamp, that treats the entire body surface.[5]

References

  1. ^ Goldberg DJ, Russell BA (June 2006). "Combination blue (415 nm) and red (633 nm) LED phototherapy in the treatment of mild to severe acne vulgaris". J Cosmet Laser Ther 8 (2): 71–5. doi:10.1080/14764170600735912. PMID 16766484. 
  2. ^ Weiss RA, McDaniel DH, Geronemus RG, Weiss MA (February 2005). "Clinical trial of a novel non-thermal LED array for reversal of photoaging: clinical, histologic, and surface profilometric results". Lasers Surg Med 36 (2): 85–91. doi:10.1002/lsm.20107. PMID 15654716. 
  3. ^ Lee SY, You CE, Park MY (February 2007). "Blue and red light combination LED phototherapy for acne vulgaris in patients with skin phototype IV". Lasers Surg Med 39 (2): 180–8. doi:10.1002/lsm.20412. PMID 17111415. 
  4. ^ a b Goldberg DJ, Amin S, Russell BA, Phelps R, Kellett N, Reilly LA (September 2006). "Combined 633-nm and 830-nm led treatment of photoaging skin". J Drugs Dermatol 5 (8): 748–53. PMID 16989189. 
  5. ^ Z.S. Matar: Bioptron Phototherapy in Surgical patients . The Internet Journal of Surgery. 2008. Volume 17 Number 2
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