By imitating daylight, the light therapy technique offers many health benefits: nothing like it to cure the winter blues! While it has already proven its effectiveness on morale, it is today for its beneficial properties on the skin that it is most sought after. You will find it in many institutes, combined with other actions such as macro-exfoliation. But why such a craze for light? How effective is it on the skin? Find out everything you need to know about light therapy.
What is light therapy?
Light therapy, treatment with light
A therapeutic technique used in particular to treat depression or insomnia, light therapy, also called phototherapy, is characterized by exposing the patient to light rays that perfectly imitate the sun's rays. Indeed, the latter does not only act on the skin: it also sends signals to the brain to help it determine the different stages of the day.
Vital instincts and the biological clock therefore depend on its light. When it is lacking, the body and mind are disrupted, becoming completely disoriented. This is why, when the days get shorter, waking up becomes more difficult, fatigue sets in and sleep becomes disturbed.
The benefits of light on the skin
Light therapy can treat acne and certain skin diseases such as eczema, hives or psoriasis. The properties of light penetrate the skin and have the power to facilitate micro blood circulation. This also promotes cell renewal and thus improves the appearance of the skin by repairing the skin tissue.
It is therefore recommended to regularly do light therapy sessions in order to better experience seasonal changes, avoid seasonal depression and rebalance biological cycles. Without infrared or UV, the white light characteristic of light therapy lamps helps to regulate internal balance, and this can be seen outside!
How does light therapy work on the skin?
To energize cells and stimulate collagen production, the dermis needs light. Light therapy will emit light through light-emitting diodes that will stimulate cytochromes, proteins that respond to light and color. A biochemical action that occurs naturally in the skin.
The immediate benefits of light
- Thanks to its bright and intense light and its direct action on the skin, light therapy allows the treatment of acne scars. Its light promotes micro blood circulation which would have a direct impact on the renewal of skin cells and thus facilitates the regeneration of the epidermis.
- Additionally, the blue light provided by light therapy fights germs that can cause skin reactions caused by acne.
- By compensating for the lack of light due to the change of seasons, light therapy guarantees you a good mood all year round! With 30 minutes of exposure per day, you can say goodbye to fatigue and low morale.
- Allowing you to rebalance your biological clock, treatment with artificial light also acts on your tone and vitality. Your biological cycles are harmonized, your mood improves and your digestion is facilitated.
