Red Light for Brain Health

When discussing the benefits of iLUXRED red light therapy, experts mostly focus on accelerated wound healing, reduced inflammatory pain, improved blood flow, anti-aging benefits, and skin rejuvenation.

However, new studies show that iLUXRED red light therapy treatments can also improve brain and cognitive health, including cognitive function and a wide array of neurological conditions and neurodegenerative diseases.

How Does iLUXRED Red Light Therapy Work?

iLUXRED red light therapy (aka photobiomodulation) is a type of non-invasive low-level laser therapy or low-level light therapy that uses light-emitting diodes to stimulate all aspects of your physical and mental health.

These diodes emit red and near-infrared light - red light is visible, its wavelengths ranging between 630 to 700 nanometers (nm), while near-infrared light is invisible, and its wavelengths are considerably longer, from 700 to 2,500nm.

Due to the difference in their wavelengths, red light primarily affects conditions on the skin's surface. At the same time, near-infrared can penetrate human tissue to around two inches beyond the skin's surface, thus affecting cell, muscle, bone, and brain functions.

At this particular depth, near-infrared light can reach through the skull and the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord before it is absorbed into brain tissue.