What does red light do for skin, and do those LED masks you see everywhere actually work? Here's the science of photobiomodulation.
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0:00 Light and skin
4:40 Wavelength
7:49 “Dose”
9:28 Masks don’t work?
13:31 Choosing a product
15:58 My failed experiment
@BeckyStern Mask teardown (old version of CurrentBody mask) and how to make your own https://youtu.be/Ee7w_TiOZO4
@Ruth_Amos Making a red light mask/helmet and lounge suit https://youtu.be/4ZCb4rtJzpo
Light sensor: https://ams-osram.com/products/sensor-solutions/ambient-light-color-spectral-proximity-sensors/ams-as7341-11-channel-spectral-color-sensor
https://goalstogetglowing.com/2021/01/17/led-face-mask-research/
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.12.014
https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.09-027.Hamblin
https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.11-009.Hamblin
https://doi.org/10.1089/104454701750066910
https://youtu.be/PNquyKzXBlI
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