Hand-Held Acne Blue Light Therapy Devices, Do They Work As A Natural Acne Solution?

Could Acne Blue Light Therapy Devices be thenumber of spots visible in the area treated on
the answer to a natural acne solution that worksthese patients. The trial was led by Doctor Tony
for the millions of acne suffers. Until recently thisChu who claims that the combination of the red
treatment has only been available throughand blue light therapy attacks the bateria
dermatologists but now with the advance in LEDcontributing to the acne and promotes healing.
technology affordable hand held acne blue lightDoctor Sadwick, a Manhattan dermatologist,
therapy devices are available for home use.wrote an article published in The Journal of Drugs
So how does Blue Light Therapy work?in Dermatology. The article stated that though the
It has been known for sometime that theexact mode of action was still unclear, it was
ultraviolet spectrum of sunlight improves acnebelieved that phototherapy destroyed
conditions due to antibacterial and other effects.propionibacterium acnes, the slow-growing bacteria
Unfortunately it cannot be used long termlinked to acne. Patients in his study used Omnilux
because of the damaging effect on the skin. SinceClear-U blue- and red-light therapies. Eight weeks
studies have found that some of the visible violetafter a month-long treatment course, Sadick said,
light present in sunlight (in the range 405-420 nm)acne lesions were reduced by 69 per cent.
targets to kill propionibacterium acnes or theThe FDA approved blue light therapy for acne in
bacteria associated with acne. Use of blue lightAugust 2002.
therapy for 3 consecutive days has been shownThe Acne 415 Blue Light Therapy 38 LED Bulbs
to reduce bacteria in the pores by up to 99.9%have a peak wavelength 415nm out of UV range
with up to 80% of patients showing overallbut produce no harmful UV rays. The bulbs can
improvement over 3 months (note it nobe used at home in your own household lamp and
improvement was found in 10% of patients).are easy to use, only requires 15 minutes per day
Research by doctors at Hammersmith Hospital inand they are relatively inexpensive.
London (UK) in July 2000 used blue and red lightFor anyone looking for a natural acne solution to
therapy produced by a lightbox on patients withuse at home free of lotions and chemicals then
mild to moderate acne for 15 minutes a day overmaybe acne blue light therapy devices are the
a 12 week period. The results showed that onaffordable answer.
average there was a 76% decrease in the