“TL;DR: Red (630nm) and infrared (830nm) LED lights are equally effective for maintaining capillary health and preventing further damage to broken capillaries, though they cannot repair existing ones. They help reduce dark pigmentation from leaked blood. Combining both wavelengths with appropriate light intensity, tailored to individual needs, yields optimal results. High-end, professional LED equipment in clinics outperforms low-power home devices, even high-quality ones, due to superior intensity and accurate wavelengths.”
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Red and infrared wavelengths are equally good for broken capillaries (spider/thread veins)
The combination of red and infrared is ideal, with LED light intensity also playing a big role
Green, orange, yellow and blue light are irrelevant to broken capillaries / spider veins
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Red and infrared wavelengths are equally good for broken capillaries (spider/thread veins)
Both red (around 630nm wavelength) and near infrared (around 830nm wavelength) light have been widely researched for the action on capillary health and integrity.
Of course, existing broken capillaries cannot be repaired but red / infrared LED treatment will help prevent further capillary damage.
By helping break down the by-products of leaked blood from broken capillaries, red/infrared light can also help with the dark pigmentation that occurs in those cases.
The combination of red and infrared is ideal, with LED light intensity also playing a big role
The combination of red and infrared light is ideal and light intensity should be adapted to each individual case, not too high, neither too low.
As most low-end LED devices offer a fraction of the light intensity claimed and also as wavelengths can be quite off from what is claimed, it is a good idea to choose your clinic carefully, to ensure high-end equipment is used, by a well trained therapist.
We have even seen a huge difference in results between professional, high-power LED equipment and home-use, low power ones.
Green, orange, yellow and blue light are irrelevant to broken capillaries / spider veins
Red and infrared light has been proven by thousands of studies over several decades to help with cellular metabolism and tissue healing. On the other hand, green, orange, yellow, turquoise and other wavelengths have almost no research behind them and are unlikely to work.
Blue light is too superficial to work for blood vessels and is more sited to epidermal applications, such as acne than work on more deep seated tissues, such as capillaries and other blood vessels.
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As strong, deep acting radiofrequency and deep-acting, high-power ultrasound cavitation are the technologies of choice for skin tightening and cellulite reduction, we have invested in the best RF/ultrasound technologies in the world.
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At LipoTherapeia we are passionate about phototherapy (also known as photobiomodulation/PBM, red light therapy, infrared light therapy, blue light therapy, LED light therapy etc) and we use the most powerful equipment available today (up to 200mW/cm2), for best results and treatment of large body areas.
We use specialised therapy protocols for skin rejuvenation / anti-ageing, pigmentation / post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH), moderate/severe acne, skin redness, sensitive/inflamed/irritated skin, wound healing, sports injuries / musculoskeletal pain and overall wellness / well-being.
Our LED phototherapy sessions are comfortable, deeply relaxing and super-safe and are great to enhance our radiofrequency/ultrasound treatments for skin tightening / cellulite reduction.
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