The Benefits of Blue Light Therapy!

Artificial blue light from electronic devices gets a bad name?for straining eyes and disrupting sleep but this is also a natural wavelength of light and in its natural form, can be wonderful for the skin.

Blue light therapy can help clear up acne and treat sun damage and non-melanoma skin cancers.

Blue light can be amazing for some types of acne. Many cases of common acne are caused by a bacteria called Propionibacterium acnes or P. acnes, which lives on your skin. P. acnes happens to emit its own photosensitizer, which makes it sensitive to blue wavelengths of light! You heard me right... Shining natural blue light onto acne-prone skin can kill the bacteria and clear up blemishes.

But it doesn’t work for everyone and it can take multiple sessions to find out if your acne is sensitive to blue light. If it is, you might still need to use other acne treatments, like prescription creams but for some of you, the treatment can be the light at the end of he tunnel.

For some people with many years of sun damage on their sin, blue light can be a great tool for reducing skin cancer risks and improving the look of your skin - if you're curious and would like to know more, just drop us a message and we can get you in for a consultation or phone chat!