Review (5/5): Pain relief and a beauty treatment? Well call me Trudy, I'm about to start a chain!
Alright - simply put:
This is meant for salon purposes, thus the goofy alien shape - it's meant for hair.
I use it to roast myself like a turkey for both my Ehlers-Danlos (EDS), Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and straight up vanity because I've been hip to red light for skin for a long time.
EDS is a connective tissue disorder that is incredibly painful most days, along with a lot of fatigue....it can make life very hard to cope with, let alone enjoy.
MCAS is a comorbidity and it too sucks - it basically means that if I'm unwell or stressed that my body starts producing tons of histamine....causing welts, ITCHING and utter fatigue (and obviously my EDS and Autism make that a little hard not to be, and coupling that with finding I had all of these during LockDownLosAngeles 2020 and 2021? Tough moments.)
Infrared and near infrared (this has both - another reason I purchased) help ALL of the these things and HAVE done. Musts to know:
Naked skin....but drink antioxidants and don't be afraid to put appropriate antioxidants on your face when you are facing the lights.
Use eye protection or you can give yourself anything from headaches to eye conditions.
Appropriate settings and distances will make a lot of difference....further away (1'-3') with less light on your face (enough to make you feel the same warmth as sitting in front of a window but NOT feeling at all sweaty), but a little brighter and closer (6"-12") on pain relief areas.
My back pain has gotten so much better from using this 20 min every day...and my sciatica is gone.
I'm 37 but in the beginning of 2021 we were considering getting me a wheel chair because I couldn't even walk upright, my EDS was wrecking my already thrashed scoliosis....1 month later (and a cheap massage gun for $15 and properly supportive bed pillows....and lots of prayer), I'm darn near healed. I highly suggest these.