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Jess Beech

How does light therapy work? The science behind the techy skin treatment

A close-up picture of someone wearing a red light therapy mask device on their face, alongside two product images of popular at-home devices including the Dr Dennis Gross DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro and MZ Skin LightMAX Minipro LED, on a cream template.

If you're keen to book in for an LED facial or invest in a techy, at-home device but aren't sure how or even if it can benefit your skin, learning how light therapy works and what it actually is to begin with is key. And we've enlisted specialists to do just that.

Skincare, as we all know, is complex. So, whether you're introducing a new ingredient to your routine or a treatment, doing your research on its specific benefits is very important. Light therapy is one such term that might seem intimidating and strange, especially if your way of an introduction was seeing those robotic-looking red light therapy devices doing the rounds on Instagram, leaving you to wonder what on earth they are. Or maybe you spotted a nearby salon offering LED facials, but you’re not sure what those actually entail either.

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