“For most people LED therapy means red/infrared light therapy, which sits above 620nm and is far from the UV range (below 380nm), so there is no danger of getting UV radiation from an LED treatment. However, blue LED light therapy must be administered with a very high quality device, otherwise UV light may be emitted by low-end devices. At the clinic we use Dermalux Triwave MD II, which is highly accurate at 415nm and never veers below 413nm.”
Red, infrared and blue LED light therapy and ultraviolet (UV) light exposure
Red and infrared light falls at the opposite side of the spectrum in relation to UV light
Blue light is very close to the UV light range, so choose your LED device extremely carefully
Green, turquoise, yellow, orange and violet LED light and UV radiation
Advanced, infrared / blue / red light therapy treatments in London at LipoTherapeia
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Red and infrared light falls at the opposite side of the spectrum in relation to UV light
Most LED treatments are in the red (~620-750nm) and near infrared (~750-1400nm) wavelengths, i.e. the exact opposite side of the spectrum from UV wavelengths (for example UVA is at ~315-400nm and UVB is even lower at ~280-315nm).
So there is no danger of your LED treatment giving off UV radiation.
Red and near infrared light are widely researched for their anti-ageing, healing, anti-inflammatory and overall anti-ageing benefits.
Blue light is very close to the UV light range, so choose your LED device extremely carefully
However, blue light LED treatment (used mainly for acne and psoriasis) is at about 415nm, i.e. very close to the ultraviolet spectrum. If your LED device is made by a reputable manufacturer with tight wavelength accuracy, then using a 415nm blue LED device also would not emit any UV light.
However, cheaper LED devices can drift wildly off the stated wavelength and can easily reach below the 400nm and into the UV spectrum, which is unsafe.
At our clinic we use a device that is ±2nm within the stated 415nm wavelength and thereby always keeps treatment securely within the blue spectrum and never within the UV light range.
Green, turquoise, yellow, orange and violet LED light and UV radiation
Yellow, green, orange and turquoise wavelengths are also quite far from the UV wavelength range and should not be a problem in that respect.
The only problem with these wavelengths is that they don’t work. There is only a handful of research papers for yellow, orange and green light therapy, as opposed to literally tens of thousands of papers published for red and infrared light therapy. Turquoise is a gimmick with no published research for it at the time of writing this article.
Furthermore, all these wavelengths do not penetrate nearly enough as red and especially infrared light does. And on the other hand, they do not have the anti-acne and anti-psoriasis potential of blue light.
In regard to violet light, it falls somewhere between blue and UV light and I would NEVER use that wavelength on my skin. All violet LED light devices sold to consumers are low-end, which means that their light output could contain a large amount of UV light, which is unsafe. Leave the UV light for doctors to use responsibly on specific applications with accurate equipment.
Advanced, infrared / blue / red light therapy treatments in London at LipoTherapeia
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.
On our booking page you can book stand-alone phototherapy sessions or combine them with our other treatments, as an add-on.
Learn more or check prices and book an expert LED phototherapy treatment at our London clinic.
Have a treatment in London with the cellulite experts
At LipoTherapeia we have specialised 100% in skin tightening and cellulite reduction for more than two decades and 20,000+ sessions.
This is all we study and practise every day and have researched and tried hands-on all the important skin tightening equipment and their manufacturers.
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.
(Of course, we keep looking for new technologies every day and if/when a better technology materialises we will be the first to provide it. However, we will never follow the latest ineffective gimmick, just because it’s good marketing to offer the latest hyped up - yet ineffective and/or unsafe treatment.)
Furthermore, over the last two decades we have developed advanced RF and cavitation treatment protocols in order to make the most of our technologies, for maximum results, naturally and safely.
And for even better, faster results, we now combine our RF/ultrasound treatments with high-power red/infrared light LED treatment.
Our radiofrequency/ultrasound/LED treatments are comfortable, pain-free, downtime-free, injection-free, 99.5%+ safe and always non-invasive.
(No unsafe and ineffective RF microneedling or HIFU and no safe but ineffective acoustic wave therapy, superficial RF (bipolar/tripolar/multipolar etc), low power RF/cavitation, electrical muscle stimulation, lymphatic massage, cupping, dry brushing and no ridiculous bum bum creams.)
Our focus is on honest, realistic, science-based treatment, combined with caring, professional service, with a smile.
We will be pleased to see you, assess your cellulite, skin laxity or fibrosis, listen to your story, discuss your case and offer you the best possible treatment.