Injury and Wound Healing

• 660 nm LED Stimulates Cell Energy for Wound Healing
  
  In skin cells essential for wound repair, 660 nm LED light created a lasting increase in energy production (ATP) over 24 hours, helping cells stay active and potentially accelerating the healing process by supporting better cellular function.

• 660 nm LED Promotes Diabetic Wound Cell Proliferation
  
  Lab experiments demonstrated that 660 nm LED light enhanced the growth and migration of cells from diabetic wounds, activating key healing pathways to improve tissue repair and offering hope for faster recovery in diabetic patients.

• 660 nm LED Therapy Heals Cutaneous Wounds in Undernourished Rats
  
  In rats with poor nutrition and skin wounds, treatment with 660 nm LED light (combined with NIR) promoted faster healing by enhancing cell growth, blood vessel formation, and collagen deposition, showing benefits for wound care in compromised health states.

HeroSeries panels, HeroBelt and HeroHat use 660nm red light

• Review: LED and Laser Produce Similar Wound-Healing Effects
  
  A review of 68 lab and animal studies found LED and laser light produce the same biological effects on wounds - fewer inflammatory cells, more fibroblasts, new blood vessels, granulation tissue and collagen - with the most-used wavelengths between 632.8 and 830 nm.

• 830 nm LED Low-Level Therapy Heals Various Wounds in Patients
  
  In a preliminary study on patients with different wounds (like pressure ulcers and burns), 830 nm LED treatments achieved full healing, controlled infection and pain, with treatment times varying by wound condition, proving safe and effective for clinical use.

• Review: Near-Infrared 800-830 nm Is the Most Studied Range for Impaired Wounds
  
  A review of red and near-infrared photobiomodulation for chronic wounds found the 800-830 nm range was the most effective and most widely studied, followed by red (630-680 nm) and 904 nm superpulsed light, acting through reduced inflammation and increased cell proliferation, collagen and blood vessels.

• 830 nm LED Applied Away From the Wound Still Sped Burn Healing
  
  In a very small controlled study (2 mice and 3 rats), shining 830 nm LED on the abdomen of animals with laser burns on their backs led to faster burn healing than in untreated animals, suggesting a body-wide effect; larger studies are needed.

• 830 nm Laser Stimulates Diabetic Wound Fibroblasts
  
  In cell models of normal, diabetic and hypoxic-diabetic wounds, a single 830 nm dose of 5 J/cm2 significantly increased fibroblast migration, viability and proliferation and raised TGF-beta1, with diabetic wounded cells closing the scratch fully by 72 hours. Laser study - a review found LED and laser produce similar biological effects.

• Review: 830 nm LED Speeds Recovery After Aesthetic Procedures
  
  A review of clinical evidence concluded that applying 830 nm LED as soon as possible after invasive or non-invasive aesthetic procedures hastens resolution of redness, swelling and bruising and speeds frank wound healing, reducing downtime.

HeroSeries panels and face masks use 830nm NIR light