Acne & Light Therapy

P. acnes bacteria produce high amounts of porphyrins. When porphyrins are exposed to specific wavelengths of blue light, they produce a singlet oxygen molecule which destroys P. acnes bacteria. Red light reduces inflammation by down-regulating interleukin, a pro-inflammatory cytokine.

If you have acne LED (light emitting diode) light therapy can put you on the road to healthier skin.

Gee, You Look Good . . . . For Your Age

Gee, you look good . . . . for your age! Is that a compliment, a qualifier or an insult?

Perhaps only the giver and receiver of such a remark are the only ones to decide.

Regardless, as we age, the only thing we can hope for is to keep looking our best. As time trots on the looking our best target takes a little more time, care and money.

How much time, care and money? That's up to you.

If you are a person who has moved away from thinking that looking your best is looking as young as possible in favor of wanting to look as good as possible for your age. Away from the rarely natural looking facelift for youth to a maintained subtle natural beauty. There are many safe, no or low downtime, cost effective, healthy options.

In reality, "Gee, you look good for your age" says that you look as if they have a healthy lifestyle and are happy.

Its easier to maintain your looks rather than getting on the "turn back the clock" treadmill. Here are some options:

~ Diet. That's easy. Eat healthy.
~ Exercise. Heard that one before. You know what to do.
~ Beauty treatments. They are restorative. Read on.
~ Maintenance. Of your health and your beauty. Value yourself.

All on the list are about looking better, not younger. In the beauty treatment and maintenance department here are some possibilities:

` Professional skin care options such as microdermabrasion, microcurrent, oxygen, LED, peels or just a good facial.

Some things these treatments can help with:

. As we age our mouths tend to turn down giving us an unhappy look. Microcurrent can help retrain those muscles giving a more pleasant look.

. Light peels will help keep the skin glowing. A glowing complexion is far more important to a "Gee" look than a line here or there.

. Microdermabrasion, LED and peels can create a look of luminosity and get rid of the sun damage (brown spots and superficial wrinkles).

And last but not least - use the recommended products from your skin care professional to keep up to "Gee" look in between treatments.

LED (light-emitting diode) and Aging Skin - NASA Research

Skin changes are among the most visible signs of aging – the skin sags and there are fine lines, wrinkles and uneven pigmentation. The skin loses its ability to retain moisture, produces less collagen and elastin fibers. In other words, the skin breaks down much as if it was damaged.

With aging the skin thins and becomes more pale and translucent. Large pigmented or “age” spots appear in areas that were exposed to the sun. Blood vessels just below the skin’s surface become more fragile, leading to bruising, bleeding under the skin and cherry angiomas (red spots). Aging skin repairs itself more slowly. LEDS stimulate the basic energy processes causing the skin to repair itself more quickly.

Skin changes are related to environmental factors, genetic makeup, nutrition, sun exposure/tanning beds, smoking and other factors.

According the NASA research, LED (light-emitting diodes) delivers enough energy to stimulate a response from the body to heal itself without any thermal damage. LEDs stimulate the energy processes of cells and create a reaction that speeds the recovery of the skin. LED has been proven to increase and enhance the action of fibroblasts (connective tissue cells) and skin cells increasing collagen and tissue healing.

LEDs deliver enough energy to stimulate a response from the body to reduce the visible effects of aging by stimulating structures of the skin and suppressing further breakdown.