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🧑 Human 📄 Single-arm trial 👥 30 participants ⌛ 4-week treatment / 12-week study · 2005 · UK (Falkirk)

An open study to determine the efficacy of blue light in the treatment of mild to moderate acne

Morton · J Dermatolog Treat · 2005

The protocol this study used

Wavelength
409, 419 nm
Dose
48 J/cm²
Sessions
8
Per session
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What the authors concluded

An overall effect on inflammatory counts was observed at week 5, and a statistically significant decrease in inflamed counts was detected at the week 8 assessments, which continued to week 12. There was little effect on non-inflamed lesions.

Devices that emit this wavelength

Matched on wavelength within 15nm, since LED bins vary by roughly that much and a tighter match would be false precision. Where we have an irradiance figure, the session length is the time needed to reach this study's dose of 48 J/cm² at that intensity.

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Omnilux Clear
415 · 633 nm
Brand claim
$395
≈ 18 min 11 sec / session
at 44 mW/cm²
Shark Beauty CryoGlow LED Face Mask
415 · 630 · 830 nm
Not published
$349.99
no irradiance published
Therabody TheraFace Mask
415 · 633 · 830 nm
Not published
$649.99
no irradiance published
Qure Q-Rejuvalight Pro
415 · 605 · 630 · 660 · 880 nm
Not published
$399
no irradiance published
Hooga HG24 4-in-1
415 · 590 · 660 · 850 nm
Not published
$39.99
no irradiance published
Hooga Red Light Therapy Facial Wand
415 · 460 · 630 nm
Not published
$70
no irradiance published

Matching a wavelength is not the same as reproducing a trial. Session times assume the device's published irradiance is accurate at the distance it was measured, which on brand-claim figures is often optimistic. Where a device publishes both a peak and an average we use the average, and where it publishes a falloff curve we use the lowest figure, so these times run long rather than short. Clinical protocols also control for spot size, contact and skin type in ways a home device cannot.

Source

PubMed 16249142 →

Dosimetry extracted by Vladimir Heiskanen in Photobiomodulation (PBM) research - a comprehensive database. Citation resolved against PubMed.