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While there are many light therapy devices on the market today, the Rejuvasun spa bed is unique in several ways. The Rejuvasun spa bed is the first tanning bed to incorporate an LED (light-emmitting diode) Rejuvenation panel into it's design. The Rejuvasun LED panel incorporates three different wavelength LED's that have been shown to assist with skin rejuvenation; yellow, amber and super-red, while other devices typically only select one wavelength for rejuvenation. And the Rejuvasun spa bed can be operated with or without the tanning lamps so even people that are not interested in tanning can still enjoy a relaxing rejuvenation session.

The Light Science

The light we see is actually a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, or radiation. Radiation moves in a wave-like pattern, measured in nanometers (nm) from the peak of one wave to the peak of the next. Violet light is down around 400nm. Red light is up to 700nm. The other colors of the rainbow lie between them. Infrared (like remote controls use) is above 700nm and Ultra-violet is below 400nm.

Light therapy is not a new concept. For years studies have

shownthat certain wavelengths of light (colors in visible light) have
restorative properties when applied to the skin.

* Yellow - thought to assist in the detoxifying process and is also thought to increase lymphatic flow and evacuate more waste and increase cellular activity.

* Amber - thought to increase collagen production and stimulate
fibroblast cells and cell growth. It is also thought to increase circulation and promote healing.

* Super-red - thought to have a similar function to red light but can travel deeper into skin to complete the Rejuvenation process

The Rejuvasun spa bed used in conjunction with the Rejuvaskinlotions can show marked improvements in the appearance of your skin.

Light therapy is delivered using different wavelengths of light. Human eyes see different wavelengths as different light colors. Eachcolor has a different healing effect:

Red Light
Increases collagen production in the skin and stimulates repair mechanisms in the skin and increases circulation to the skin, which in turn delivers more oxygen and nutrients to the skin. Red light penetrates deeper than other wavelengths of light and stimulates fibroblast cells and is associated with stimulating cell growth.

Yellow Light
Is associated with promoting wound healing and thought to increase lymphatic flow and evacuate more waste and increase cellular activity.

Green Light
Decreases melanin production and has a lightening or bleaching affect that is often seen in chemical peel and bleaching products. For tanners, green light actually lightens the skin.

For hands, there is no surgical/invasive alternative to phototherapy
Minimizes fine lines and wrinkles
Reduces crow's feet
Heals blemishes
Improves skin tone
Regeneration/stimulation of collagen
Restores skin's natural cellular collagen activity
Activates fibroblast cells which create collagen and elastin
Helps sun-damaged skin
Creates more skin moisture which will help fill out skin
Increases circulation to the skin
Reduces melanin production, which causes brown age spots
Promotes nutritional elements existing within the skin
Improves irregular pigmentation
Lessens skin coarseness
Lessens pore size
Stimulates and activates metabolic function in skin cells
Smooths texture
Reduces skin degradation
Reduces overall redness and flushing
Provides a healthier skin tone

What exactly is LED Photomodulation?
LED Photomodulation is the interaction of light delivered through Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) to activate cells. This activation causes cells to produce collagen and elastin proteins resulting in skin regeneration.

How is LED Photomodulation different from Laser and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) therapy?
Unlike light-based skin therapies, including intense pulsed light and laser treatments, that rely on thermal injury to the skin's collagen, water or blood vessels to create changes in the skin appearance, LED Photomodulation does away with tissue trauma to effect change. Therefore, patients are not subject to the possible discomfort associated with wound healing.

How does LED Photomodulation work?
Simply put, the light from the LEDs interacts with cells and stimulates them to produce new collagen and elastin. The GentleWaves LED system is designed to stimulate “specific” cell changes. LED treatments can be designed especially for your specific needs.

What do the LED treatments feel like?
The treatment is fast, completely pain free and is gentle enough to treat all ethnic skin types.

So, just how many treatments will I need?
The number of treatments you require will vary depending on the problems being treated. Since the results are progressive, you may notice more correction with each treatment. When full correction approaches, your treatment intervals can be lessened to three to six month intervals.

What about combining LED Photomodulation with other treatments?
LED Photomodulation can be administered alone or in conjunction with other treatments such as Botox and dermal fillers as well as non-ablative laser and IPL treatments. LED Photomodulation is quickly becoming the preferred treatment for fine lines, hyperpigmented lesions (brown spots and freckles) and other skin problems associated with photoaging.

Over time, our skin becomes less elastic. Smoking, stress, sun exposure, excessive alcohol, pollutants in the air and illness all conspire to create lines, wrinkles and scars. Skin changes may be part of the natural aging process, but you don’t have to like it.. Our LED Photomodulation™ machine uses natural, variable wavelengths of light to gently stimulate or inhibit cellular activity to reduce the signs of aging.

Benefits:
* These treatments should be performed once a week in series of 6 to 8 treatments.
* Will enhance your Microdermabrasion treatments.
* These Healing Light Rays will promote collagen regeneration.
* Shorten wound healing time.
* Reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
* Increase cellular oxygenation.
* Minimize pigmentation and acne.

Our physicians are finding IPL a successful approach for reducing the appearance of hyperpigmented (dark red) scars. This non-invasive, gentle approach uses targeted flashes of light to treat dilated and broken blood vessels without injuring the surrounding healthy skin.

We determine an IPL treatment plan for each patient, taking into account the number and severity of skin conditions being addressed. On average, a series of four to six treatments is recommended, scheduled at three week intervals. Each session usually lasts about 20 minutes, with patients returning to normal activity immediately. By dividing the full program into several sessions, IPL treatments provide gradual, natural improvement with excellent long-term results.

Light of several wavelengths is shined on the skin. Dark spots and blood vessels selectively take up the energy from the light which allows for their removal. This leaves the skin with a more radiant appearance. In addition, the light energy may lead to increased collagen production which is thought to improve superficial wrinkles. These treatments can be combined with Levulan to increase effectiveness. http://www.elevatemagazine.com

The U.S. market for non-invasive cosmetic treatments has grown rapidly in recent years. These so-called "lunch-break" treatments are relatively gentle and can be performed in under an hour. These procedures are becoming popular alternatives to chemical- and surgery-oriented cosmetic treatments that are often more expensive with longer recovery times. The popular Revlon ad campaign frontlined by spokes-model Melanie Griffith advised, "Don't Lie About Your Age; Defy It!" and recent statistics indicate that many Americans have taken up the challenge. The Consumer Perspective Survey, conducted in July 2006 by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS), found nearly one in five individuals hope to someday undergo cosmetic surgery. The survey included 1,010 interviews and was representative of more than 1.4 million households including men and women, aged 18 to 65 years. Furthermore, a poll of 2,719 U.S. adults by Harris Interactive® (www.harrisinteractive.com) revealed 14 percent of American adults said they've already undergone some type of cosmetic treatment or surgery. While the popular appeal of cosmetic procedures is evident, still, more than half (54 percent) of respondents in the AACS sponsored survey said they were discouraged from seeking treatment due to financial costs, and nearly half (48 percent) cited the fear of appearing unnatural following recovery. More than a quarter (27 percent) feared that they would be unhappy with the outcome of their surgery.

A Bright Solution

Clearly, what many consumers want are appearance enhancing treatments that don't break the bank, are not aggressive, and are not associated with producing fake-looking results. Light therapy is such a solution. Light therapy exposes skin to certain wavelengths of light for a prescribed amount of time to treat specific health conditions. The deeper layers of skin are affected without harming the skin's surface, making it a true "lunch-break" procedure because it is fast and doesn't produce skin redness and inflammation. The patented Lumiere Light-Therapie™ device is one light therapy machine that has become popular with salon owners. It uses an array of carefully arranged LEDs to deliver pure, uniform, narrowband red light and works with Lumiere Topical Skincare to activate a series of responses in the skin that convert light energy into the cellular building blocks required by the body. The topical products also promote rejuvenation by nourishing the skin with vital precursors, stimulate production of collagen and elastin and promote DNA repair, cell regeneration and proliferation, the company says. Additionally, the regime strengthens vascular walls while oxygenating and detoxifying the skin. Light therapy procedures, such as Lumiere, do not cause down-time, discomfort or pain; therefore, the treatments do not require operator licensing or certification, and can be performed by salon employees. "Providing this service creates a positive image of salon owners as skincare professionals concerned with integrated approaches to skincare," Gina Davis, co-owner of the Huntington Beach, Calif.-based The Tanning Spa salons says. Salon owners interested in offering light therapy services must demonstrate their interest in skincare by understanding the various light therapy skin regimes to better help customers achieve their desired results.

Targeting Skin Concerns

"Operating the Lumiere machine is simple because the same setting is used for each skin condition," says Farage Kharsa, CEO of the Encinitas, Calif.-based iTAN Solarium."The topical products we apply to the skin prior to the light therapy determine the skin regime used." Major skin concerns are acne and the various signs of aging including fine lines and wrinkles, discoloration, sagging skin, etc. Fortunately, light therapy addresses all these concerns. "Lumiere handles overall skin clarity, fine lines and wrinkles, oversize pores, uneven skin pigmentation, and blemishes depending on which regime a guest chooses," Davis says. The light wavelengths used are anti-inflammatory, enhance circulation, target and destroy acne-causing bacteria. They also improve skin texture and lessen the visible signs of aging by increasing collagen production and healthy cell turnover.
Acne Treatment

"We have seen many skin conditions benefit from our light therapy services," says Scott Bushey, CEO and founder of the Albuquerque, N.M.-based Solarius Tanning Spa. "Those benefits include controlling and even eliminating acne." Acne is a common concern among adolescents and for many adults as well. This condition is an inflammatory disease of the skin primarily caused by changes in hair follicles and sebaceous glands. For most people, acne diminishes or decreases during a person's 20s. There is, however, no way to predict how long it will take for it to disappear entirely, and some individuals will continue to suffer for decades. Light therapy successfully has treated this condition using blue and red light wavelengths. Used twice weekly, blue light wavelengths have been shown to reduce the number of acne lesions by about 64 percent and are even more effective within daily treatment. Substances produced within acne-causing bacteria generate free radicals when irradiated by blue light and destroy the bacteria. Studies have shown red light wavelengths effective against acne as well, resulting in a 76 percent reduction of lesions after three months of daily treatment for 80 percent of patients, and overall clearance was similar or better than with benzoyl peroxide.

Anti-Aging Treatment

Americans are catching up with Europeans' acceptance of light therapy as a tool to combat the visible signs of aging. Benefits include increased skin firmness and hydration, improved tone and texture, reduced hyper-pigmentation, diminished fine lines and wrinkles, and reduced pore size. Understanding the structure and function of the skin can help salon owners educate customers on the benefits of light therapy as an anti-aging treatment. As skin ages, collagen and elastin breaks down and gravity begins to take its toll. The result? Fine lines, wrinkles, discoloration and loss of firmness. Additionally, skin can be damaged by pollution, harsh soaps and chemicals, cigarette smoke and poor diet. Science has harnessed specific light wavelengths to help restore skin's beauty and rejuvenate its overall appearance. Anti-aging light therapy can increase collagen production and trigger skin's repair mechanisms. Light therapy is considered effective and convenient, is FDA approved, and often is used in conjunction with topical skincare products to enhance effectiveness. Topical skincare products specially designed to be used in conjunction with the therapy provide skin the nutrients it needs to maximize the effects of the light-generated energy, and may provide salons an additional lucrative revenue stream. From LookingFit.com by Jenifer Hunt

The NASA Light-Emitting Diode Medical Program –
Progress in Space Flight and Terrestrial Applications

Abstract. This work is supported and managed through the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center – SBIR Program. Studies on cells exposed to microgravity and hypergravity indicate that human cells need gravity to stimulate cell growth. As the gravitational force increases or decreases, the cell function responds in a linear fashion. This poses significant health risks for astronauts in long term space flight. LED-technology developed for NASA plant grown experiments in space shows promise for delivering light deep into tissues of the body to promote wound healing and human tissue growth. This LED-technology is also biologically optimal for photodynamic therapy of cancer.

LED-ENHANCEMENT OF CELL GROWTH

The application of light therapy with the use of NASA LED’s will significantly improve the medical care that is available to astronauts on long-term space missions. NASA LED’s stimulate the basic energy processes in the mitochondria (energy compartments) of each cell, particularly when near-infrared light is used to activate the color sensitive chemicals (chromophores, cytochrome systems) inside. Optimal LED wavelengths include 680, 730 and 880 nm. The depth of near-infrared light penetration into human tissue has been measured spectroscopically (Chance, et al 1988). Spectra taken from the wrist flexor muscles in the forearm and muscles in the calf of the leg demonstrate that most of the light photons at wavelengths between 630-800 nm travel 23 cm through the surface tissue and muscle between input and exit at the photon detector. Our laboratory has improved the healing of wounds in laboratory animals by using NASA LED light and hyperbaric oxygen. Furthermore, DNA synthesis in fibroblasts and muscle cells has been quintupled using NASA LED light alone, in a single application combining 680, 730, and 880 nm each at 4 Joules per centimeter squared.

Muscle and bone atrophy are well documented in astronauts, and various minor injuries occurring in space have been reported not to heal until landing on Earth. Long term space flight, with its many inherent risks, also raises the possibility of astronauts being injured performing their required tasks. The fact that the normal healing process is negatively affected by microgravity requires novel approaches to improve wound healing and tissue growth in space. NASA LED arrays have already flown on Space Shuttle missions for studies of plant growth. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved human trials. The use of light therapy with LED’s is an approach to help increase the rate of wound healing in the microgravity environment, reducing the risk of treatable injuries becoming mission catastrophes.

Wounds heal less effectively in space than here on Earth. Improved wound healing may have multiple applications which benefit civilian medical care, military situations and long-term space flight. Laser light and hyperbaric oxygen have been widely acclaimed to speed wound healing in ischemic, hypoxic wounds. An excellent review of recent human experience with near-infrared light therapy for wound healing was published by Conlan, et al in 1996. Lasers provide low energy stimulation of tissues which results in increased cellular activity during wound healing (Beauvoit, 1989, 1995; Eggert, 1993; Karu, 1989; Lubart, 1992, 1997; Salansky, 1998; Whelan, 1999; Yu, 1997). Some of these activities include increased fibroblast proliferation, growth factor syntheses, collagen production and angiogenesis.

Lasers, however, have some inherent characteristics, which make their use in a clinical setting problematic, including limitations in wavelengths and beam width. The combined wavelengths of light optimal for wound healing cannot be efficiently produced, and the size of wounds which may be treated by lasers is limited. Light-emitting diodes (LED’s) offer an effective alternative to lasers. These diodes can be made to produce multiple wavelengths, and can be arranged in large, flat arrays allowing treatment of large wounds. Our experiments suggest potential for using LED light therapy at 680, 730 and 880 nm simultaneously, alone and in combination with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, both alone and in combination, to accelerate the healing process in Space Station Missions, where prolonged exposure to microgravity may otherwise retard healing. NASA LED’s have proven to stimulate wound healing at near-infrared wavelengths of 680, 730 and 880 nm in laboratory animals, and have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for human trials. Furthermore, near-infrared LED light has quintupled the growth of fibroblasts and muscle cells in tissue culture. The NASA LED arrays are light enough and mobile enough to have already flown on the Space Shuttle numerous times. LED arrays may prove to be useful for improving wound healing and treating problem wounds, as well as speeding the return of deconditioned personnel to full duty performance. Potential benefits to NASA, military, and civilian populations include treatment of serious burns, crush injuries, non-healing fractures, muscle and bone atrophy, traumatic ischemic wounds, radiation tissue damage, compromised skin grafts, and tissue regeneration. Taken from http://www.onyxmedical.com/html/NASA.html

Other references:
Harry T. Whelan, M.D.1a,2,3, John M Houle, B.S.1a,
Noel T. Whelan1a,3, Deborah L. Donohoe, A.S., L.A.T.G.1a,
Joan Cwiklinski, M.S.N., C.P.N.P.1a, Meic H. Schmidt, M.D.1c,
Lisa Gould, M.D., PhD.1b, David Larson, M.D.1b,
Glenn A. Meyer, M.D.1a, Vita Cevenini3, Helen Stinson, B.S.3
1a Departments of Neurology, 1bPlastic Surgery and 1cNeurosurgery,
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, (414) 456-4090
2Naval Special Warfare Group TWO, Norfolk, VA 23521, (757) 462-7759
3NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812, (256) 544-2121