Before You Buy a Red Light Panel

The home red light market has grown enormously, and it is largely unregulated in terms of what gets claimed. You can spend thirty dollars or three thousand. The marketing language is frequently identical at both ends. And the person selling it has no obligation to tell you whether it is suitable for what you want it for. People ask us about this regularly, usually having already seen an ad and half decided. So here is an honest guide to what actually separates these devices, what to be skeptical of, and whether it is worth your money at all.

What Red Light Therapy Actually Does

Red light therapy has had an unusual journey. For years it sat quietly in clinics under names most people had never heard, including low level laser therapy and photobiomodulation. Then it arrived on social media, got attached to a long list of claims, and became something people buy panels for. Which has left it in an awkward position. There is a legitimate clinical use for it, and there is a great deal of marketing wrapped around it that goes well beyond what anybody can actually support. So here is a straightforward account of what it is, what we use it for, and what it is reasonable to expect.