The 800-nm diode laser irradiation induces skin collagen synthesis by stimulating TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway.

What the authors concluded

The 800-nm diode laser treatments markedly improved the histological structure and increased dermal thickness compared to the non-irradiated controls. Laser irradiation at 40 J/cm(2) significantly up-regulated the expression of procollagen type I and IV, TGF-β and Smad2, 3, 4. The p-Smad2 and p-Smad3 levels were also enhanced in the laser-irradiated skin. The 800-nm laser is effective in improv

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 20 J/cm² at that intensity.

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.