in today's video i'm going to be reviewing red light therapy
and my experience with it over the last two years red light therapy is a
treatment that uses specific wavelengths of light
to treat skin conditions such as psoriasis reduce wrinkles
speed up muscle recovery and more now before you click away
thinking this sounds too good to be true just know that these claims are backed
by thousands of clinical trials in today's
video i'm going to break down what red light therapy is
and some of the benefits and then i'm going to talk about some of the popular
brands on the market such as joovv and blublox and what to
look out for when you are buying a device
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going to start off talking about what exactly red light is and why it is
beneficial and then we will talk about some of the
different brands on the market and how they differ and if you are
thinking about buying a red light therapy device
make sure to stick around until the end because there is one
really important thing you need to consider
what is red light therapy red light therapy is a treatment that uses
specific wavelengths of natural red light and near infrared light
red light is beneficial because it enhances our energy production on a
cellular level up regulating our cell's ability to
create atp atp is short for adenosine triphosphate
which is our cell's energy the more energy our cells have
the better they can function red light therapy has been around for decades
in the early 1990s it was used by scientists to grow plants in space
since then it has been used by top-level athletes to aid recovery
and estheticians for skin treatments it has only been in the last five years
the red light therapy devices have been available to the general public
how to use red light all it takes to reap the benefits of red light therapy
is to stand in front of a red light therapy device for 5 to 15 minutes
a day the more surface area of your skin you can cover
the more your cells absorb the natural light think of it like charging your
cells when your cells are fully charged they
can perform better red light vs near infrared light
now you cannot achieve the benefits of red light therapy from just any red
light bulb it needs to be emitting light at very
specific wavelengths as i mentioned before red light therapy
includes two types of red light red light in the mid 600 nanometer range
which is visible to the eye and near infrared light
in the mid 800 nanometer range which is not visible to the eye
these are proven to be the most beneficial wavelengths of red light
red light is mostly absorbed by your skin and it boosts collagen
so it is most beneficial for your skin health red light can
reduce wrinkles reduce scarring reduce acne
if you have a sunburn it can help it to heal faster
it helps with skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema
anything that is surface level red light can help with
near infrared light penetrates deeper into the body
and it can be beneficial for speeding up muscle recovery
reducing joint pain improving blood circulation
if you have an injury or a broken bone it can speed up the healing
pulled muscles and nerve injuries some red light therapy devices have one
or the other either red light or near infrared light
and some have both my experience i've been using red
light therapy for just about two years now i
originally started using the joovv go which is a travel size
targeted device and then a few months later i upgraded to the joovv solo which
is a larger panel that hangs on my door and more recently i've picked up the
blublox hive which is also a travel sized targeted
device i use my joovv solo pretty much every
single day it's the first thing i do when i get out
of bed in the morning i sit or stand in front of my red light
and i meditate some of the benefits i have found
include faster muscle recovery i can do a hard workout that would normally leave
my muscles sore for a few days and now they will only be sore for maybe
one day improvements to my skin when i do get
the odd pimple on my face it heals a lot quicker than it used to and then
scar healing so i used to have a pretty bad scar on
my forearm that was from me burning myself with my
curling iron i had it for many years but as soon as i
started using red light therapy it started to fade more and more and now
you can barely see it at all and injury recovery anytime i
have a pulled muscle or maybe a sore knee something like that
i use the targeted device and it heals faster so now let's talk
about some of the different brands on the market
because there are a lot popping up right now joovv was the first company to bring
red light therapy to the consumer market in 2016.
like i said before i have two joovv devices i have the joovv go and i have
the joovv solo now the joovv solo is absolutely great
it has both red light and near infrared light and you can use them
either one at a time or both at the same time i pretty much
always just use both of them now the juve go is a targeted device and
with this model you can only get it with either red light
or near infrared light which is a bit of a bummer because ideally you would want
to get all the benefits without having to have
two devices but anyways this size is for if you have
a specific area on your body that you want to target
so let's say you have a scar that you want to heal
you can turn on the device and shine it on it
for 15 minutes a day that's all it takes the cool thing about joovv is that all of
their devices except for the go have a modular design
meaning you can start with one panel and join more to it as time goes on
and then let's talk about blublox because they recently released
their hive device and this is similar to the juve go
but i wanted to compare them just in case you weren't sure which one to get
both devices are roughly the same size and weight
and the battery life is similar with the joovv go you can turn it on and it stays
on for 10 minutes at a time there is a
timer and it stays charged for roughly six to
seven uses with the blublox hive there is no
timer so when you turn it on it stays on
and i've been able to get about an hour and a half out of
it on one charge with the joovv you have the option for either red light or near
infrared light when you buy the device with blublox
hive you get both types in the same device
the joovv go comes with a 14-day trial period
and then a one-year limited warranty blublox
hive comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee
and then a one-year manufacturer's warranty the joovv go
costs 295 us dollars with free standard shipping in the us
but international shipping is 90 the blublox hive is 291
us dollars and they offer free shipping worldwide
to me it looks like blublox took note of
all the areas that joovv was lacking and used them to create a better device
but i'm not knocking juve at all i love my joovv solo but when comparing the joovv
go to the blublox's hive the winner is
pretty obvious now when you are choosing a red light
therapy device no matter what brand you are going with
you need to make sure that the wavelengths being emitted
are the right ones because i know there are some cheaper
red light therapy devices on the market no name brands even
and you think you are getting a really good deal but in reality it might just
be using regular red light bulbs which are not
going to benefit you anyways guys that is all i have for you
today i hope you found this video helpful
i do have promo codes for both joovv and blublox which i will link in the
description box down below and let me know in the comment section
why you want to try red light therapy if you like this video you might also
like my video on blue light and how it can be both
beneficial and harmful for your health you can find it
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find them here thanks again guys i'll see you next time
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