A self‐reported clinical trial investigates the efficacy of 1072 nm light as an anti‐ageing agent

Abstract

Regular application of a non-thermal quantity of 1072nm light around the eyes demonstrated efficacy as an anti-ageing agent.

Photodamage therapy using an electro‐optic q‐switched Nd:YAG laser

“…The potential of inducing beneficial textural and pigmentary changes to sun damaged and aged skin without the need of ablation, will result in dramatically less post‐operative immediate and long‐term undesired effects. Various laser and intense light systems have been used in a non‐ablative approach 7–10. These approaches have resulted in collagen production and subsequent dermal thickening with a reduction of surface textural changes.…”

“…Infrared non‐ablative systems have included wavelengths at 980, 1,072 7, 1,320 8, 1,450 9, 1,540 nm 10 and IPL broad wavelength emissions 11. The light may be delivered in a homogenous or fractionated pattern.…”

Utilization of light‐emitting diodes for skin therapy: Systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Regarding control treatments, while most participants received no oral/topical medical treatment or LED light, 6,7,26,28,30,32,33,37,40,[42][43][44][46][47][48][49]51 several studies used a placebo (sham) device for the control arm. 5,27,34,35,[38][39][40][41]45,50 In addition, there were some individual cases using differential control treatments, such as topical 5% benzoyl peroxide, 31 oral famciclovir, 7 0.1% retinol-based cream, 36 and even fractional CO 2 laser. 3 The effectiveness of LED therapy in skin treatment was indicated through the various outcomes, including reduction of inflammatory acne (n = 9), healing time of herpes zoster ophthalmicus/herpes simplex labialis (n = 3), reduction of wrinkle (n = 6), skin wound area (n = 3), psoriasis severity index (n = 3), and erythema index rate (n = 7).…”

“…A total of six studies reported the use of LED in improving skin rejuvenation. 5,[36][37][38][39][40] In which, two RCTs using a red LED irradiation reported that red LED was able to slightly improve the signs of Regarding LED-NIR-based skin treatment, a placebo-control study on 79 patients reported a 32% improvement in skin texture after 8-10 weeks irradiation with LED-NIR. 38 Nikolis et al (2016) reported that blue LED was more effective in reducing signs of wrinkles in 32 patients after a 4-week treatment than topical treatment with a cream containing 0.1% retinol.…”

Light‐emitting diodes in dermatology: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

“…Six RCTs used LEDs for skin rejuvenation (2 LED‐RL; 1 LED‐nIR; 1 LED‐BL; 2 LED‐RL and LED‐nIR) . In a RCT of 23 patients, LED‐RL (630‐nm, 80 mW/cm 2 , 96 J/cm 2 , 20 minutes) did not significantly improve skin elasticity or hydration (assessed using cutometers and corneometers) compared to untreated controls after thrice daily treatments for 3 weeks .…”