Article: Everything to Consider When Purchasing A Red Light Panel
Everything to Consider When Purchasing A Red Light Panel
IN THIS ARTICLE:
- 01 What Is A Red Light Panel?
- 02 Red Light Therapy Benefits
- 03 What To Consider When Buying A Red Light Panel
- 04 Should You Buy an LED Panel, an LED Face Mask, or Something Else?
Summary:
- Red light panels use red and near-infrared LEDs to support skin, wellness, and recovery.
- They come in various sizes and designs, covering larger areas than masks.
- Red light triggers photobiomodulation, which helps cells to repair, regenerate, and function more efficiently.
- Benefits of red light include boosting collagen, smoothing skin, reducing inflammation, improving circulation, decreasing sebum, helping with sleep, and aiding muscle recovery.
- When buying a red light panel, consider the panel size, wavelength, intensity, adjustability, ease of use, and durability.
- Panels are ideal for full-body or multi-area treatments, while masks offer targeted, convenient facial care.
- Choosing the right device depends on your goals, routine, and the areas you want to treat.
Red Light Therapy has become a fast favorite for at-home skincare and beauty professionals, but it can be hard to know where to start. There are so many options that choosing the right Red Light Face Mask, panel, or device can quickly get overwhelming.
Let’s take a closer look at everything you need to consider when choosing a red light panel.
What Is A Red Light Panel?
A red light panel is a device that’s covered in small rows of LED lights that emit specific wavelengths of red and near-infrared light. These wavelengths are bioactive, meaning that the body can use them at a cellular level.
When you sit in front of a red light panel (or lie under it), the light penetrates your skin at different depths: red light primarily targets the surface and upper layers of the skin, while near-infrared can read deeper tissues, muscles, and even joints.
This triggers a process called photobiomodulation, where the light is absorbed by your cells. Photobiomodulation produces more cellular energy, which helps cells to repair, regenerate, and function more efficiently. That’s why red light therapy improves skin tone, enhances collagen production, reduces inflammation, and supports muscle recovery, as well as mood.
A red light panel usually looks like a thin, rectangular or square panel covered in LED lights, or can be more of a structured panel, like our LumaLux Dome. It’s an 8-wavelength, full-body LED light therapy device for skin rejuvenation, fine lines, blemishes, muscle recovery, and a mood boost.
LumaLux Dome | Face & Body LED Red Light Therapy Device
8 wavelength full body LED light therapy device for skin rejuvenation, fine lines, acne, muscle recovery and mood boost
Red light panels come in different sizes and can be designed to be freestanding, wall-mounted, or sat on a stand. A red light panel usually has a larger surface area than a mask and can be used to treat different areas — or even multiple areas at once.
Red Light Therapy Benefits
Want to know more about red light therapy benefits for your skin and wellness? Here’s what you need to know about why red light therapy could be what your routine is missing:
| Benefit | How It Works | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Stimulates collagen and elastin production for smoother, firmer skin | Energizes skin cells to ramp up collagen/elastin | 28% relative increase in collagen intensity score; 69% of subjects showed wrinkle improvement |
| Reduces the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, and age spots | Speeds cell renewal and blood flow | 15.6% (28 days), 34.7% (56 days), 38.3% (84 days) decrease in wrinkle depth |
| Helps to even out skin tone | Boosts oxygen flow; calms inflammation to fade dark spots | 90% noticed improvement (including dark spot lightening) |
| It can help to decrease sebum production if you have oily skin | Soothes oil glands to balance without drying | 77% inflammatory acne reduction in related blue-red trial |
| Calms redness, inflammation, and sensitivity | Blocks inflammation signals; strengthens skin barrier | 80% of patients had reduced redness; 78% noted reduced flushing. Also, 39% reduction in cheek erythema |
| Supports faster healing of blemishes and post-treatment recovery | Speeds repair and vessel growth to close wounds fast | 69% reduction in inflammatory lesions (hand-held blue-red unit) |
| Can help with circulation and inflammation post-exercise | Widens vessels to clear waste and ease soreness | Significant decreases in muscle damage post-exercise across 13 studies |
| Studies have shown that red light therapy can support a better night’s sleep through melatonin production | Mimics sunset to trigger melatonin release | 75% increase in serum melatonin levels |
| Supports with healing after UV exposure | Fixes DNA damage; adds UV protection | Reduced epidermal thickening and inflammatory cells post-UVB; 30% less photoaging damage markers |
| Can help to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) | Lifts mood chemicals like natural light | Improvement was detected after a single active light session |
| Encourages relaxation, self-care, and stress reduction | Sparks feel-good chemicals; lowers cortisol | reduction in cortisol levels at bedtime |
If you’re interested in using red and infrared light therapy, after you exercise, check out: How To Use Red and Infrared Light Therapy for Recovery From Exercise to find out more about muscle recovery and when to use red light therapy in your exercise routine. Infrared light can be used for chronic pain, muscle recovery, and joint inflammation, making it an ideal recovery treatment.
How much is too much when it comes to LED light therapy? Read our blog on what happens if you overdo LED light therapy for more guidance on getting the balance right.
What To Consider When Buying A Red Light Panel
When choosing a red light panel, there are a few things to consider to ensure that you choose the right device for you.
The first thing to think about is the area you’re looking to treat — obviously, larger panels cover a larger area at once, whereas smaller panels or LED masks can be more portable. The design and adjustability are important too, especially if you’re looking for something that’s free-standing or that will target a certain area. Remember, you’ll need space to use and store a panel.
Look for light panels that offer both red (around 630-660 nm) and near-infrared (around 810-850 nm) wavelengths for maximum benefits for your skin. Higher intensity panels can deliver more effective results in shorter sessions, but you need to make sure it’s safe for your skin.
Make sure that your red light panel is easy to use with simple controls and timers to make using it a breeze. Cost and quality come into it too, as you want a safe panel that’s made to a high standard with long-lasting LEDs for consistent results over time. High-quality panels can be a more expensive investment when compared to other at-home skincare tools.
To make the most of your panel, choose one that doesn’t just use red light. Our Lumalux Dome has seven LED colors and infrared light for face and body, with 960 LEDs arranged across an ultra-wide curve design. Made for quick 10-minute treatments, it’s clinically proven to reduce wrinkles up to 75%.
Red and infrared light is used to boost collagen and reduce signs of aging, while infrared light is also great for brightening dull skin as it triggers cell regeneration. To balance, brighten and even out skin tone, green, red and infrared are best. Blue light therapy is clinically proven to clear blemishes by 76% in 4 weeks, while yellow and orange light therapy boost blood flow and speed up cell turnover.
Find out more about the difference between infrared and red light therapy, and what each of them is used for.
Should You Buy an LED Panel, an LED Face Mask, or Something Else?
The device you choose depends on your goals, skin or wellness concerns, and the areas you want to treat. LED panels are great if you want results and the flexibility to treat your whole body, or different areas at once. If you want a more comprehensive approach to LED light therapy, an LED panel can work well.
LED face masks, like our LumaLux Face, are perfect for a convenient and targeted facial treatment. They’re compact, portable, and easy to add to your daily routine. They can often be lower intensity than panels, which can make them gentler for sensitive skin. You can add our LumaLux Neck Mask to your routine too, for a treatment that goes further than your face. Double up with our LumaLux Face+, our face and neck mask duo, for an LED boost.
LumaLux Face | Pro LED Red Light Therapy Mask
Our most advanced LED mask for deeper skin renewal - fine lines, acne, hyperpigmentation, skin texture
LumaLux Neck & Dec | Pro LED Red Light Therapy Mask
Target fine lines, sagging and other signs of aging on the neck and dec with 800 high-powerd LEDs for superior results
LumaLux Face+ | Pro LED Red Light Therapy Face & Neck Mask
Red, infrared, deep infrared for fine lines, blemishes, and hyperpigmentation, dryness
Want to work out if you should buy a panel or a mask for your skincare and wellness routine? Read more in our blog: Are Red Light Panels Really Better Than Red Light Masks?
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