How Red Light Therapy Supports Skin Health and Collagen

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]What about at home devices? So, the first one I would definitely recommend for pretty much anybody is red light therapy. What does it do? The idea is red light therapy is energy. And you know, we you talked about mitochondria and stuff. And as we get older, you know, our skin cells produce less mitochondria and less ATP. The belief is that red light therapy will basically energize the mitochondria to create more ATP.

[00:00:21]But even more than that, there are studies have actually looked at collagen and elastin in the skin after undergoing red light therapy. And studies that I've seen, 2 months of regular red light therapy will increase the collagen and elastin in the skin. Now, it's not super super dramatic, okay? It's just like taking a collagen supplement. You know, I fully believe in collagen supplements.

[00:00:39]I know you do, too. But it's not the same as applying retinol to your skin.

[00:00:42]Right. You can't expect the same benefits. So, I see some influencers sitting in front of a giant red light panel like every morning while they're vibrating and doing all these [laughter] things. Would you recommend that for all skin?