LED lights undo wrinkles? Green alternative to Botox?
German researchers say that LED lights penetrate the skin and cause changes in sub-surface tissue by changing the molecular makeup of a layer of water on elastin (the protein that provides elasticity in skin). In the study, Andrei P. Sommer and Dan Zhu point out that high-intensity visible light has been used in medicine for more than 40 years to speed healing of wounds. That light actually penetrates into the skin, causing changes in the sub-surface tissue. Until now, however, scientists have not known the physicochemical nature of those changes.
Here are the worrisome, to me, words:
They report identifying how the visible light works — by changing the molecular structure of a glue-like layer of water on elastin, the protein that provides elasticity in skin, blood vessels, heart and other body structures.
I wonder if and when someone will think about five and ten year repercussions to these huge findings.
While that sounds great, for skin healing and of course, to channel billions of American dollars already being spent on plastic surgery alternatives, might not there be a downside we should consider, before we see LED lights for sale with the ‘GETS RID OF WRINKLES’ banner?
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