When I started red light therapy, it wasn’t for mental health.
It wasn’t for anything other than vanity, really.
I’d been seeing ads for it for a a while – reading that it was good for skin, collagen production, and attacking signs of aging on all fronts. It had some other settings as well, but my only aim was the impossible goal of looking young forever. Skeptical, as I tend to be, though, I took a look at some reviews. (Thank you, verified Amazon buyers.) Granted, I get that some of this written feedback can be paid and faked. (I especially love when someone gives a bad review for something and then comes back after the company “contacts them” whistling a different tune.) But the amount of positive commentary doesn’t lie. Plus, when all the reviews are raving about a type of product on both Youtube and through Amazon, I’m a bit less skeptical and a bit more “add to cart”. So, the first form of red light therapy I purchased was back in 2019 – and it was a wand.
This guy:
Ah, hello old friend.
Yes, the Daily Care Luma was fantastic for what I wanted at the time.
Still at the mid thirty mark, I was hanging onto the final embers of my youthful collagen made naturally by my body. (I’m being dramatic, but also not really. Big changes happen after 35. Each year feels like the next assailant you have to Judo off as you John Wick them away with collagen supplements and fairy wands.) But, this wand did give me the little boost I needed, especially when applied with some vitamin C serum. Add in the facial massage element, and I was getting the best of both worlds. Caveat? It was a bit time intensive and you have to do work the whole 20 minutes you’re rubbing it onto your mug. It’s not a nice relaxing treatment like when you go to a spa. But the other side of this coin was (what we’re all here for) the internal wellness benefits of it. Nights I did this before bed, I’d feel a peaceful calm come over me. No urge to mindlessly scroll or snack or ruminate on negative thoughts.
Cut to a montage of me actually looking up the research on this two tabs over on my phone and, indeed, there is evidence. All the research I have read showed this is the same form of light often utilized in seasonal affective disorder patients to balance mood and improve depressive episodes. It can help even out emotions. (Not to mention, it also helps heal tissue after injuries. Check my ACVY.com site for more on that soon…) And guess what? When we’re content, we tend not to self sabotage with compulsive behavior. And I loved the idea of all of that. But I just felt like I could somehow outsource all that work without having to go to a spa.
(I mean, really – AI is taking over and a robot still can’t red light my mug for me?)
So, I bought the mask.
Click here to read how the mask compares….
