Brief History
LED's
Milliwatts
Pulse Rates
In
one experiment at the Max Planck Institute in Germany it was found that a
very weak 10Hz pulse is the only field that had any effect which
dramatically restored normal patterns to subjects which had been shielded
from natural external rhythms.
(like being underground in bunkers)
Bandwidth
Lambertain and Optical Lenses
Infrared Light
Coherent vs. Non-Coherent Light
How Light Really Operates in the Body
Biophotons
Meridians
Benefits of Optic Fiber
More is Not Better
The Unique Dinshah Colors
Dental Research and Bacteria
How Our Bodies Absorb Color
The Narrower the Band, the Less Effective
Added Benefits
Your Autonomic Nervous System
Do Not Be Mislead. Be Informed!
How Soon Can I Expect Results?
Notes from the Inventor
I am writing this to help clarify the large amount of confusing information about light devices, their components and their effects on the skin. Light has the power to assist healing, and all of the benefits of the healing process can now become infused in a facial and skin rejuvenation treatment.
I have been involved with the therapeutic application of light to the body since 1976. I patented my first light device in 1998. During that time I have researched the use of light and color thoroughly. I studied how light and color have been used throughout history, how it is currently used throughout the world, along with new scientific developments. My patented device is based on the absolute best research, and the best possible combination of light sources, colors and delivery system. Please read on.
The effectiveness of color and light to heal has been recorded in Greek, Egyptian, and Roman writings, but has taken a back seat to the use of drugs and surgery in modern times. The first practical and repeatable research for a broad range of health applications was accomplished in the first half of the 20th Century, by Dr. Dinshah Ghadiali (New Jersey). He meticulously studied the effects of different colors on the body over a period of 45 years, and developed a $200,000 research facility. Unfortunately, he became a loud opponent against the drug companies and lost his third court case. His patented devices used large incandescent bulbs and shone light on large areas of the body to achieve health benefits. His specific colors were obtained using dyed glass discs which were placed in front of the bulb. These very specific colors proved to be very effective, and were used by medical doctors throughout the United States during that period.
Not all light devices are LED’s (Light Emitting Diodes). This is a relatively new development based on the practical use of electronically stimulated elements which then produce light. Red was the first color available (1970’s) - as seen by the little red lights on our stereo consoles. Blue and white have been some of the last LED colors to become available. It took a while to get all the colors we have now. Other light devices use tungsten filament, xenon and halogen gas filled bulbs. Because LED’s are essentially electronic devices (as opposed to regular bulbs) the terminology that applies to them is different than for other bulbs. Lets explore some terms.
Milliwatts: are one thousandth of a watt. To compare - you probably have household bulbs that are 60 - 100 Watts. Thus it takes very little power to illuminate an LED bulb, and also why they can run on batteries. They have also had the problem of not being very bright, so some companies put coatings and lenses on the bulb to help with light direction and brightness. A Lambertain LED has a frosted inner light-scattering coating for the purpose of distributing light particles evenly as they leave the bulb creating a “Lambertain radiation pattern”. Lambertain bulbs are available on a number of small flashlights. Lenses may then be added (sometimes called precision optics). Companies trying to sound unique might try to patent their own configuration of bulbs and lenses. My device does use a Lambertain Luxeon Star LED bulb, and my device also uses a Precision Optical Focusing Lens.
Frequency Modulation: I refer to this as the “Pulse” Rate” - the rate at which the light turns on and off. Pulsed light has many advantages over constant light. Research has demonstrated that pulsed light penetrates deeper than constant light. All biological systems in our body pulse - our hearts, our lymphatic fluid, our cranial fluid, our lungs etc. You can adjust the pulse rates of my units by simply turning a knob at the back. They are designed to actively reinforce our physiological processes. At pulse rates slower than 40 per second, the body does not become sensitized very easily - but attunes to the pulse rate, like a child being rocked in a cradle.
We evolved in a huge electromagnetic field known as the Schumann Resonance. It is based on an electromagnetic field set up by lightening strikes around the earth which cause waves between the surface of the earth and the ionosphere to pulse. The range is between 7 - 40 cycles per second, but the average is 7.8. This is why many of our physiological pulses mirror the pulses of our larger electromagnetic environment. Research demonstrates that externally applied signals, such as those emitted by my devices, can influence body rhythms. This is called "entrainment". Entrainment enhances the communication and regulatory systems involved in healing. Some examples of brainwaves are below. The pulse rate on my devices are adjustable, by turning the knob at the back - thus producing multiple frequencies manually.
Nanometers (nm) are
expressions of location and measurement on the electromagnetic spectrum
ruler. This includes many
types of energy including x-rays. The
part we can see with our eyes is between 400 and 700 nm. To locate one
specific area of that visible spectrum is (for example) to say 450nm.
It is like picking one particular number on a 12 inch ruler
- say (for example) the 4 inch mark.
Bandwidth refers to how wide a section of light we are referring to is. If we were to use the ruler
again, we might refer to
“a bandwidth of 40 nm” which would (for example) be as wide as
the distance between 4 and 5 inches. Thus
the bandwidth would be one inch.
I
know we are all familiar with hearing that specific nanometers equal
specific colors. This is
really only true with laser light because
their bandwidth is extremely narrow.
LED’s have bandwidths of approximately 15 nm’s or more. The numbers that manufacturers list for any specific color bulb is a result of the “highest peak” in that 15 nm bandwidth. If they list a bulb for 472nm - it is really only a representation of the highest average peaks on the spectrographic chart. Below is a spectrograph of a typical red LED which would claim that it is “660” nanometers. It is very obvious that there is a bandwidth of at least 30 nm, and just a small peak where the “660” scale is.
Below is a colorful example of a Blue Violet LED rated at 430 nm
From this discussion you can see that the
nanometers that are claimed to have results
for very particular skin or facial responses, are not very specific or
exact, but represent an application of light in that general area of the
spectrographic scale
My unit uses one bright White LED. It is very broadband compared to colored LEDs. (notice charts below). That is because our colors come from the insertion of unique color gels (slides) between the bulb and the optic fiber. This system is not available anywhere else. It has been granted a patent by the US Government.
Warm White LED
Cool White LED
Narrow bandwidths do not appear in nature, and
we certainly did not evolve with them. Thus our bodies have been
programmed to use broadband lighting much more efficiently and naturally
(such as sunlight). Of course
our bodies respond to most all light sources, but some better than others.
The sun is the most broadband and produces most of the energies on
our electromagnetic chart. My
unit uses one Bright White Luxeon Star - broadband, full visible spectrum
bulb - balanced between warm and cool.
Luxeon Star is the manufacturer of the most powerful LED’s using a variety of optical lenses and Lambertain frosting. They are used in mini maglight flashlights and are easy to obtain. If you do a web search on “Luxeon Star Lambertian”, you will see that they are used in a variety of applications. Some companies have their ad writers make commonly available electronic parts sound rare and exotic.
Infrared refers to wavelengths on the spectrographic
ruler that go from red ( 710 nm) all
the way up to microwaves (over 1000 nm).
The ones closer to
visible red are “near-infrared and are not felt. These are the same
waves used in your television remote to trigger channel changes and power
signals. Far-infrared produces
heat. Do you remember “Heat
Lamps” These were lamps that
had bulbs - usually in bathrooms in hotels,
that warmed the skin, and were great for sore muscles.
They helped sore muscles because they increased circulation due to
the heat. These bulbs sell for
about $25 an can be put in almost any reflective lamp.
They get hot so be careful. You
can get much more heat effect from an incandescent infrared bulb than from
an LED, if heat is what you are after.
My light units do not produce
their fantastic results by the use of heat. I’ll
explain exactly how they operate based on solid scientific research.
Coherent light is laser light.
All of the photons are going in the same direction
- thus they can appear to end up at one spot.
Non-Coherent light scatters in all directions - like the
light from your regular light bulbs at home and with sunlight.
Each photon is having its own party and goes off in its own
direction.
LED’s are non-coherent, and the photons go off in every direction, which is why it helps to have lenses and other devices to help amplify the effects of the light. In addition to an internal lens, my device has an optional parabolic lens which is like a small satellite dish which attaches to the end of the optic fiber. It is reflective and bounces the photons back towards the skin surface, saving and reusing any stray photons.
All life exists because the sun shines on a moving planet.
If the earth was not spinning,
everything would be burnt or frozen. The light particles that come in
during the day go back out into space at night.
So our bodies developed ways of being able to keep those light
particles inside the body, and recycle each little photon.
Li and Popp, biophysics researchers (Molecular Base of Life, Frits-Albert Popp, http://www.biophotonik-international.de/publications/molecular_base_of_life.htm)
have found that the system our cells use to
trap and emit light particles is the basic source of the communication
system of the entire body. All
healing and rejuvenation is essentially accomplished by one part of the
body being able to communicate with another.
This is done at the speed of light, and faster than our nervous
system. “The “health” of an
individual depends on the body’s ability to efficiently and effectively
transfer messages from one part to the next”
(Energy Medicine, by James L Oschman) Genes do create structures but they are
controlled by energy fields. In
fact, it has been found that the body’s energy fields actually dictate
the body’s chemical structures.
I hope I am not getting too technical - I just want you to know there is a
lot more to the use of light on the body than the
beauty industry ads generally contain.
A biophoton is a particle of light inside your body that participates in the
millions of activities it takes to run a body. The spectral distribution
of biophotons in the body covers at least the range from 200 - 800 nm. A
significant part of biophoton emission within the body originates from
DNA. Light travels in the body
via the matrix of connective tissue (the Cytoskeleton Matrix) and it also travels via the blood. Blood is
extremely sensitive to the tiniest fluctuations of external light fields.
Acupuncture meridians are also a part of the connective tissue
pathways in the body that conduct light.
At the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Russia, in a
research project that lasted several years, Dr. Pankratov sought to
explain how the human body conducts light.
His team found that the light conducting ability of the body exists
along the traditional
We can see that light affects more than the skin.
There are eight major meridian endpoints on the face which are
affected by light application.
“When light is applied to acupuncture points it stimulates
mitochondrial membrane cytochromes, which are normally engaged
in electron transfer.
This may be seen as the local activation of a universal, primitive,
photo-synthetic mechanism,....
It changes the electrical potential of the cell’s
walls and the energy level of the cells, in exactly the same way as
an acupuncture needle would
do, without the problems associated with skin
penetration.” (Photonic Acupuncture, by Dr. Brian McLaren).
The light application techniques in our instruction manual are designed to
take these meridian endpoints into account.
Optic fiber passes light through it, but not as though it was a hollow tube.
The optic cable I use is made up of hundreds of tiny glass strands.
As light enters each glass strand it gets to the opposite end by
bouncing off the walls. The
walls reflect the light at an angle. Thus
the light is reflected billions of times.
This process is similar to what happens with the cells of our body.
Light gets passed around and recycled over and over again.
That is why optic fiber is
called “biomimetic” -
it mimics the operation
of light in the body.
In the ads for LED facial
devices I watch companies advertise more powerful and brighter devices.
They say that you need to look at the “power” and the joules, etc.
Because most LED
companies tout this kind of terminology it has gotten to be a fad.
Other than appealing to the “more is better” way of thinking,
it serves no purpose. More -
in fact is worse.
It has become popular to quote all treatments in Joules per square
centimeter. This has led to
higher intensity treatments over shorter times, in place of low intensity
treatments. However the
intense light can introduce bio-inhibition (Harris 1998).
I call this the body’s “squinting” response.
The cellular matrix turns off its “photon sucking” mechanisms
and no further effects are experienced. Bright light is also the reason
the body produces the melanin pigments to inhibit the bright light
response.
Dinshah Ghadiali’s research
led him to conclude that very specific color filters could be used to
affect beneficial changes in the body.
Natural colors that we see around us when we are out in nature, are
the result of light from the sun hitting minerals and elements that make
up the surface of the planet. Those
same minerals and elements are what our bodies are made of.
The colors they emit are not specific nanometers such as “420”,
or narrowband - they look jagged
and uneven on the spectrographic chart and cover a wider band than
narrowband LED bulbs.
Each element has a broad “fingerprint” which is unique to it - which is also how we can identify the composition of the gasses in the universe. We can identify these elements using a spectrograph. Dinshah asked the Roscolene company to match these spectrographic emission lines of the body’s dominant elements; such as hydrogen, magnesium, phosphorous, etc. Roscolene mixed dyes and added them - first to glass, now to polyacrylate - which is what my slides are made of. With my device - the broadband white LED light shines through these unique color slides to produce the same spectrographic fingerprints as the elements that our bodies use.
Because our bodies evolved using these light frequency fingerprints, they
would “naturally” be most
receptive to them. This is
exactly what Dinshah’s research had demonstrated.
Not all colors are alike even if they look exactly the same to our eyes.
Our eyes do not have the sensitivity that our cells do.
Each cell has a “phospholipid”
outer layer. This
combination of phosphorous and fat may act as the photon gatekeepers -
allowing specific types of photons to come into the cell.
Our eyes can’t discriminate between the subtle frequency
differences but our cellular structure and DNA can.
As an example of the effects of “broadband” light on our bodies, (as
opposed to the claims that specific nanometer frequencies are better),
I would like to draw your attention to
a recent research article published in the Journal of Antimicrobial
Agents and Chemotherapy (DOI:10.11.1128/AAC.49.4.1391-1396.2005) The
research was carried out at the Applied Molecular Photomedicine
Laboratory, at the Forsyth Institute, in Massachusetts.
“We have found that broadband
light (380-520) rapidly and selectively kills oral black-pigmented bacteria (BAPB) in pure cultures and
in dental plaque samples
obtained from human subjects with chronic
peridontitis.... this
killing effect is a result of light excitation of their
endogenous porphyrins. ....the
present study suggests that intraoral
light exposure may be used to control BPB growth ....
They go on to say that the blue light emitted will be more effective at
eradicating harmful bacteria than antiseptic mouthwash.
It kills the bacteria
associated with gum disease but leaves “good” bacteria intact.
Light can penetrate deeper than mouthwash, and bacteria do not become resistant to the blue light. What kind of blue light do you think they used? Any blue broadband light is effective, but not narrowband LED’s. You could use small flashlights with regular bulbs and a blue filter - available at many hardware stores. So what about killing the bacteria on a face which is associated with acne, or other skin problems?
Whose device would you prefer?. I
must repeat here that all light has beneficial effects - but some lights
and colors demonstrate more dramatic and longer lasting effects.
Our bodies are made up mostly of water.
Light bends and changes when it hits water.
A rainbow is a good example of light hitting water droplets.
The colors change when they enter the body so how can one band be
effective? In addition, as
light enters the skin, its velocity or speed changes with each change in
the density of the tissue, and so does the wavelength or frequency. (Kane
and Sternheim 1988)
“If DNA synthesis is taken as
an indicator of cellular stimulation by light, then with as many factors controlled as possible, DNA synthesis can
be observed in wave-length
range of about 320-450nm and 600-840nm ...”
Light is not absorbed
directly by the DNA, therefore there has to be intervening photo-
acceptors producing photo-products which influence the metabolic
processes in the cells.
This is why broad spectral bands are advantageous and why single
wave lengths, used as a stimulatory mechanism is disadvantaged by
comparison.” (Karu 1989)
“The absorption of specific wavelengths of light by
specific receptors such as
rhodopsin, phytochrome, or chlorophyll is easily demonstrated.
All photoreceptor
pigments (porphyrins and their derivatives)
when irradiated, change
color, and their absorption peak shifts due to cis-trans isomerization.” (Photonic Acupuncture) Dr. Brian McLaren.
This may sound technical, but I want to
impress upon you that current research indicates that broadband is
definitely more effective than narrow band light.
Light and its application to the body is being researched
throughout the world. We are
living in the “light” age. All
of our communication systems, medical
diagnostics, astronomy
devices, and much more, are
based upon adaptations of light. However,
when large companies try to take advantage of new technologies, the truth
sometimes gets bent in the marketing process.
We see that light changes as it enters the body, and that broadband light is
not only necessary but needed. We
have also learned that light can affect different parts of our body in a
variety of ways. It can affect
the surface of the skin, and it can pass into our meridians - the
connective tissue communication network. Like underground or under the
ocean telephone lines - you
can’t see them, but the
world depends on them. It also
affects us via our eyes, but that is outside the scope of this discussion.
Another very important way that light can affect us is by calming us or by
making us excited. As we
evolved, the color with the biggest
effect was blue. It made
up the sky and the water. The
next colors were shades of brown and a variety of greens - the earth and
all the plants on it. Least of
all are the reds and the yellows. - from flowers,
pink skies, leaves in the fall, and blood.
That is why our stop lights, fire trucks, and important signs are
red. We evolved with so little
of those colors, that when our eyes see them our nervous system responds
with alarm.
Our Autonomic Nervous System has two parts. One part is dominant when we feel calm and safe (Parasympathetic). The other part is for emergency use only (Sympathetic). We are very much like Star Wars spaceships. When all is fine our energy stays in our center - liver, intestines, stomach etc. and all operate as they should. However, when we feel like we are attacked or stressed, our energy goes from our center to our defensive outer protective shell - our skin and muscles. In fact if it stays that way for long, the lack of energy at our center causes our spaceship to have to sacrifice some internal functions. This is measured in humans by a device called a Heart Rate Variability monitor that measures a variety of life signals including heart rate, pulse, blood pressure, etc. It has been found that approximately 80% of Americans are continuously in the sympathetic or stressed aspect of the Autonomic Nervous System. This means that a lot of our illness comes from robbing our own internal energy systems. We loose sleep, our intestines don’t operate correctly and eventually the system breaks down.
The Heartrate Variability Monitor has shown that treatment with my device,
by using a blue or violet color on facial and ear points moves one out of
the Sympathetic (bad) and into
the Parasympathetic (good). this takes place within a short period of 5
minutes or less. When the body is in
Parasympathetic it heals itself more readily. My
device does not treat specific illnesses or conditions, because the body
does the healing itself -given the right kind of light, and if it is in
the parasympathetic. The body
is fully capable of speed healing. Many
of the problems we have related to chronic illnesses are the result of
living too long in stress.
Once in the Parasympathetic, the body can send those important light signals
to where they are needed to heal.
It does this because it evolved that way - continually correcting
breakages and energy leaks. But
it can’t do it when our nervous system is blocking energy from going to
our center. It is the blue -
violet range that does this, along with killing a variety of bacteria and
fungi.
Research at Stanford, by Tiller and others (Science and Human
Transformation), had shown that the color emitted from healers, and chi
masters’ hands is in the blue to UV range.
Also many positive cellular enzymatic responses come from the blue
range. Red light can
elicit responses such as stimulation, and increased blood flow.
Thus, a variety of colors used separately - and at different times,
can allow the body to take what it needs to do the work of rejuvenation.
It makes the choices - we don’t.
We just supply the needed light.
Don’t be fooled by talented ad writers who get paid well to put information together that they are not even familiar with. Just think of the Cheerios ads that actually get some people into believing they can lower their cholesterol by eating them. I wouldn’t trust anyone who says “proven to be the most effective” without supplying the proof. You don’t need to know “power” or “joules” or “fluence”, but you should know how light works in the body. I hope I have helped in that area. As you can see there is really no comparing my device with other popular LED devices. It is unique and can stand on its own - that is why it is patented.
With this information you can feel confident in knowing a lot more than your
competition about light and how it operates in the body.
You will also be able to explain to your clients why light is so
powerful in their facial rejuvenation process.
“If cells are grown on an
agar plate in an incubator in the dark, on
exposure to light (and return to the incubator), it will be noticed
they grow at a greater rate
..... If the cells are
examined immediately after
exposure to
light, little change would be noticed.
However after 32 to 48
hours improvements in growth rate etc, can be demonstrated.”
(Photonic Acupuncture Dr. Brian McLaren)