Zapping Zits with Light

[Celebration]

http://sciencedaily.healthology.com/focus_article.asp?b=sciencedaily&f=skinhealth&c=skinhealth_zappingzits

A new light pen is promising to clear up acne faster than any cream, lotion or prescription skin treatment. Even better, the pen is completely portable and its makers claim that it only needs to be used for a few minutes a day to see results.
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The pen, called DermaStyle, is a little different than the ballpoint sitting on your desk. Encased in sleek plastic, the DermaStyle pen shines two types of light out of its tip that have been shown to both heal and prevent blemishes.
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People with acne often notice that their skin clears up after sitting out in the sun. In fact, studies show that up to 70 percent of people with acne see a reduction in their blemishes after sunbathing. However, even if your acne completely disappears in the sun, prolonged sun exposure can put you at risk for a much more serious condition—skin cancer.


Looking a way to capture the acne-fighting power of the sun's radiation without the harmful side effects, researchers turned their attention to harmless, visible light. One team of researchers from Britain found that a combination of red and blue light could significantly reduce acne by as much as 76 percent. In fact, the red and blue light acts as a blemish-busting team—the red light penetrates deeply into your skin to reduce inflammation while the blue light kills pimple-causing bacteria.

[LSparkle]

1. NOW they come up with something like this!

I could have used it 10 years ago!

[trotsky]

6. No freakin' kidding!

Though for me it's more like 20!

[flamingyouth]

2. The last place I went for microdermabrasion treatments used this.

I found it to be successful, actually. But more than anything, changing my diet and drinking more water cleared up my skin more than anything else.

[cdb]

3. Does it work on freepers?

Can we zap them away??

[poverlay]

4. Let's see: They're unsightly, full of pus and other disgusting things,

they often won't go away, they pop out when you least want them too, and when you gently poke one they explode and weep all over the place...

Yep, it'll work!

[varkam]

5. LOL! Excellent analogy!

:rofl:

[trotsky]

7. Oh man

That's hilarious.

[pnwmom]

8. Thank you for this info. One of my kids has tried everything. Light

treatments in a salon did help a lot, but it is very time consuming (getting there, then the appt., etc.) and very expensive. This does sound like it's worth a try.