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Red light therapy (RLT) is a treatment that uses low levels of red light to reportedly improve your skin’s appearance, like reducing wrinkles, scars, redness and acne. It’s also touted to treat other medical conditions.
Red LED light therapy may reduce inflammation and stimulate the production of collagen, a protein responsible for younger-looking skin that diminishes with age. Blue LED light therapy may destroy acne-causing bacteria ( P. acnes ).
Depending on the type of photosensitizer used, your healthcare provider may use low-power red laser light, blue light or natural sunlight. If the treatment area is in your throat, airways or lungs, your healthcare provider will use an endoscope (a thin, flexible tube) to shine light on the cells inside of your body.
Phototherapy, also known as light therapy, is a common form of treatment that uses bright, ultraviolet (UV) lights on your exposed skin. Phototherapy can treat several types of skin conditions, including psoriasis and eczema.
Laser lipolysis is an effective way to reduce fat in various areas of your body, such as your thighs and upper arms. Treatment may be minimally invasive or noninvasive. Laser lipolysis results tend to be long-lasting unless you gain weight.
EMDR therapy is a relatively new — but very effective — method of helping people with traumatic memories. It’s also an option for people of all ages, including children. Though this treatment is best known for its use in treating PTSD, ongoing research shows it can treat many other conditions.
Radio frequency skin tightening can give you the results of a facelift (rhytidectomy) without the need for surgery. Other benefits include: Gradual, natural-looking skin changes. Fast, relatively painless procedure. Less expensive and invasive than cosmetic surgeries. No peeling skin or scarring.
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a rare cancer that affects your bone marrow and blood. AML typically affects people age 65 and older, but it can affect children and teenagers. Thanks to newer treatments, more people are living with AML that’s in remission after treatment.
Fairly quick results for small veins. Spider veins usually respond to treatment in three to six weeks, but it may take three to four months for larger veins. With successful treatment, varicose veins or spider veins won’t reappear. However, you may need treatment for new varicose veins that form.
What type of results can you get, and what do the results mean? Test results appear as a percentage that lets you know whether your results are in the normal range or if your RDW is considered high or low.