Rotlichttherapie can address several health and wellness concerns, including wounds, scars, pain and inflammation, overuse injuries, and even wrinkles. If you are like many people who have undergone red light therapy – or are considering this non-invasive treatment – you may be wondering if the results are permanent. The answer is that it depends on several factors.
To understand when and why the results of red light therapy may be permanent, it helps to review how this treatment works. Red light therapy is a photobiomodulation therapy that uses light energy to stimulate beneficial changes in the body. A light therapy device emits specific wavelengths of light that are readily absorbed by the body. Once inside the body, the light boosts cellular energy to help the treated cells heal.
Stimulating energy production helps the treated cells and tissues function better at whatever task they are performing. For example, collagen and elastin are tissues that provide structure and elasticity to the skin. Increasing collagen and elastin production with red light therapy can smooth and tighten the skin to improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles of sun-damaged skin. Stimulating muscle cells with red light therapy can help warm up muscles before exercise and prevent delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) after exercise or sports. Red light therapy can also speed healing and reduce chronic inflammation caused by oxidative stress.
Red Light Therapy Results Are Permanent for Some Conditions, Temporary for Others
While red light therapy can provide significant improvements in a wide variety of conditions, the results of photobiomodulation for some conditions are not always permanent. In some cases, you will need to undergo repeated treatments to maintain the health benefits of red light therapy, simply because of the way the body works. For example, your body replaces your skin every 40 Zu 56 days, so you may need to repeat red light therapy to keep lines and wrinkles away.
Permanent results with RLT
Red light therapy can provide permanent results for some conditions. Results can be permanent if you use red light therapy to speed up wound healing. The treatment accelerates healing by reducing inflammation, increasing tissue formation, aiding in the development of new blood vessels, and stimulating the increase of fibroblast cells that support tissue repair. As a result of these processes, the wound heals quickly and permanently.
Red light therapy can also permanently reduce the appearance of scar tissue. Photobiomodulation stimulates the production of high-functioning skin cells that gradually replace the abnormal cells that make up scar tissue. Once the new cells replace the abnormal cells at the wound site, the scar tissue disappears permanently.
The results of red light therapy are also permanent when it comes to reducing the pain and inflammation that often accompanies an injury. Once the treatment improves blood flow, the cells get the oxygen and nutrients they need to heal quickly.
Temporary results from RLT
Jedoch, some conditions require additional follow-up treatment. Overuse injuries caused by repetitive motion may require long-term treatment with red light therapy, especially if you continue to do the activities that caused the overuse injury in the first place. Overuse injuries, also known as repetitive strain injuries, affect the muscles, nerves, ligaments, and tendons, causing tenderness, stiffness, or tingling in the affected area. Examples of overuse injuries include jumper’s knee (patellar tendinitis), shin splints, carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar fasciitis, and tennis elbow.
Chronic conditions such as arthritis may require long-term treatment with red light therapy. Arthritis is a group of conditions that cause swelling and tenderness in the joints, resulting in pain and stiffness when you move the affected joint. Red light therapy reduces swelling and tenderness in ways that help improve the symptoms of arthritis. Unfortunately, arthritis is a chronic, progressive condition that gets worse over time. Because there is no cure for arthritis, you will need to repeat the red light therapy treatments to maintain the results.
You may also need to continue red light therapy treatments to maintain your weight loss results. Red light therapy improves metabolic rate, which is the efficiency with which your cells burn sugar for energy. When added to a low-calorie diet and exercise plan, red light therapy can help your body burn fat and reduce the appearance of cellulite. The metabolism-boosting effects of red light therapy are temporary, so you’ll need to repeat treatments to keep your metabolism going.
No matter what condition you are hoping to treat with red light therapy, the results of all red light therapy treatments are more dramatic and noticeable once you have completed your treatments. Depending on the condition you are treating, you can expect to receive three to five 10- to 20-minute red light therapy sessions.
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