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LED light therapy · the evidence

Before you spend £2,000 on an LED face mask, read this.

Diode counts and colour counts dominate the marketing. The figures that actually decide whether a mask works — irradiance, wavelength accuracy, coverage and the type of evidence — are the ones most brands won't show you. Here's how to judge for yourself.

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The open secret

The number almost no brand will publish

Irradiance — the power density actually delivered to your skin (mW/cm²) — most directly governs whether a session does anything. Yet almost every major brand treats it as a trade secret. A brand that publishes its power figures, and backs them with instrument-measured studies, has earned more of your trust than one that asks you to take the result on faith.

The method

Five things that actually matter

  1. Irradiance (mW/cm²) — ask for the treatment-plane figure, not just a component rating.
  2. Wavelengths — each band reaches a different depth (415nm blue, ~580nm amber, 630–637nm red, 830nm near-infrared); accuracy matters more than colour count.
  3. Coverage & fit — full face, ideally with the neck, treated at once at an even distance.
  4. Type of evidence — instrument-measured studies and clinic imaging beat "9/10 women agreed" surveys.
  5. Certification — for the UK: UKCA/CE, a recognised photobiological-safety class, biocompatibility.
The evidence

What the science actually shows

Red and near-infrared light have a substantial, peer-reviewed evidence base for collagen, wrinkles, firmness and healing; blue light for blemishes. We keep a referenced library of the original studies — read it before you buy.

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Editor's pick

Chouchou Tokyo · The Radiance Kit

Full face & neck, made in Japan, UKCA/CE certified, with measured results — the device we judge strongest on the criteria above.

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