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Deep penetrating light therapy (abbreviated DPLT) is a form of medical treatment using light-emitting diodes. DPLT has been suggested for the treatment of pain reduction, wound healing, acne and wrinkle reduction.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Laboratory studies have shown that skin cells grow 150-200 percent faster when exposed to certain LED light wavelengths.^[4]

[edit] References

^ Goldberg DJ, Russell BA (June 2006). "Combination blue (415 nm) and red (633 nm) LED phototherapy in the treatment of mild to severe acne vulgaris". J Cosmet Laser Ther 8 (2): 71–5. doi:10.1080/14764170600735912. PMID 16766484.
^ Weiss RA, McDaniel DH, Geronemus RG, Weiss MA (February 2005). "Clinical trial of a novel non-thermal LED array for reversal of photoaging: clinical, histologic, and surface profilometric results". Lasers Surg Med 36 (2): 85–91. doi:10.1002/lsm.20107. PMID 15654716.
^ Lee SY, You CE, Park MY (February 2007). "Blue and red light combination LED phototherapy for acne vulgaris in patients with skin phototype IV". Lasers Surg Med 39 (2): 180–8. doi:10.1002/lsm.20412. PMID 17111415.
^ ^a ^b Goldberg DJ, Amin S, Russell BA, Phelps R, Kellett N, Reilly LA (September 2006). "Combined 633-nm and 830-nm led treatment of photoaging skin". J Drugs Dermatol 5 (8): 748–53. PMID 16989189.

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