If you’re into beauty trends at all whatsoever, it’s likely you’ve spotted someone on your social media feed sporting one of those both curiously compelling and low-key scary LED light therapy face masks recently. But while plenty of people will do anything for a viral selfie or TikTok post, these skin-fluencers seem to be on to something worthy of our attention.
LED light therapy has been used for quite some time for in-office procedures and facials, but within the last five years or so, the FDA-approved technology has found its way into the homes of us non-pros. Light therapy treatment cropped up in the ‘90s when NASA began conducting studies to research the potential benefits light therapy had to offer on the overall health of their astronauts. The researchers found that red and infrared light therapy accelerated the production of healthy skin cells by as much as 150-200 percent.