ARTICLE | PHOTOTHERAPY | LED


phototherapy is a safe, fast and efficient


technology, at


the forefront of scientific and therapeutic


development. Conclusions


This study, based on the innovative technology of phototherapy LED with a red wavelength of 645 nm pulsed and infrared 850 nm continuous, well dosed, and homogeneously radiated over all treated areas, combined with bipolar RF after preparation of the skin by peeling with 70% glycolic acid, showed a significant overall improvement in the dimensions and quantities of stretch marks, significantly improving the look of a bloated or wrinkled surface, and a consequent gain of skin tone of the treated areas, all regardless of the type of stretch marks and skin, but with faster results on more recent stretch marks. Therefore, LED light therapy makes it possible to


benefit from a new approach to skin treatments where complex subcellular enzymatic reactions can be positively influenced by the action of ballistic photons released by sophisticated LED configurations, which consistently show unquestionable efficacy in a number of medical and aesthetic treatments. LED phototherapy is a safe, fast and efficient


technology, at the forefront of scientific and therapeutic development. In addition to being completely painless, one of the great advantages of this technology lies in its complete safety.


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At the end of this study, it was decided to resume


treatment on patients who wished after an interruption of 3 months in line with the 6 months required to complete neocollagenesis in order to verify the feasibility of improving average and good results by additional sessions over 1 or 2 months. This work will be the subject, if successful, of a further publication.


 Declaration of interest The authors of this study have no interest of any nature with the suppliers of the devices mentioned in this article.


 Thanks to Tiina Karu (Professor, Head of Laboratory of Laser Biology and Medicine of Russian Acad. Sci.) for the riches of his scientific writings on the effects of light on human cells, forming the basis of our work.


 All figures ç Tedgui, Blanchemaison, Le Goff


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