Infrared vs red light therapy: what’s the difference and which should you be using for your skin?

Image of woman laying on treatment bed wearing a red light therapy mask, in a white frame against an ochre watercolour-style background.

The world of LED tools in beauty can feel like a minefield. Unless you’re a scientist, understanding which kind of light does what and how you should use that to your advantage may just give you a headache – I can admit, even as a beauty editor of 10 years, it did me.

This is why I wanted to dive deeper into light therapy to determine which I should be focusing my attention on and how. I spoke with experts from renowned light therapy brands who make tools like the best red light therapy devices, along with expert skin doctors, to get all the answers you’ve been seeking around red and infrared light. And don’t worry, you don’t need to have a university degree in dermal science to understand...