How often should I do LED on my face?

“TL;DR: LED treatment frequency depends on light intensity and treatment duration but as an average treatment once to three times a week makes sense.

Trying to accelerate results by having too strong / too long or too frequent treatment is not a good idea.”

How often should I LED my face?

• LED treatment frequency depends on light intensity and treatment duration

• With LED therapy, more is not always better

• Always apply common sense

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LED treatment frequency depends on light intensity and treatment duration

How often you can have LED treatment on your face - or any other body area - depends on the device’s light intensity. The higher the intensity the less often you should have treatment and vice versa. As with everything else in life a little more is good but a lot more is usually bad - and that applies to LED treatment too.

LED treatment may be almost side-effect free but if you overdo it it can indeed cause skin irritation or other problems.

So with that in mind, the guidelines for treatment frequency are as follows:

• With a low-power LED devices (i.e. <30mW/cm2 light intensity) you can have treatment daily or even up to twice a day

• With medium power LED devices (i.e. about 30mW/cm2), you can have treatment every other day or even daily

• With high-power LED devices (i.e. about 60-120W/cm2), you can have treatment twice a week or a maximum of up to three times a week

In terms of treatment duration, that can be anything between 10-30 minutes on the same area, with an average of 20 minutes. If you tend to have longer LED therapy sessions, have them less often and vice versa.

As different devices differ widely, we cannot possibly define all the possible treatment intensity / duration / frequency combinations, so you must use common sense.

With LED therapy, more is not always better

Remember, like most aesthetic therapies, LED therapy is more like a marathon than a sprint: attempting to burn your face with very strong, very long or very frequent sessions will be counterproductive.

LED therapy is a gentle treatment that works best if you use it moderately and for a long period of time. If you want high-risk “instant miracles” there is always HIFU or RF microneedling to risk burning your face.

Always employ common sense

Please note that low-end devices may be quite off in terms of what they state on the box as light intensity (or even light frequency) and what they actually deliver (they usually deliver much less intensity than what is stated on the box but sometimes also more - so be vigilant). Higher-end devices should be more accurate in that sense.

Due to these discrepancies, and also due to individual variabilities, don’t take the above guidelines as set in stone: everyone is different, so adapt and adjust according to how your skin feels.

For example, if you feel irritation just reduce LED treatment intensity or frequency or interrupt treatment completely. On the other hand, if you feel treatment is too light, increase LED treatment or treatment frequency, always exercising common sense and always following the manufacturers instructions.

Always start at lower intensity and then gradually build up in a few days/weeks.

Of course, as with any treatment of any kind, it is a good idea to take complete treatment breaks for a few days every so often, regardless if you use a low-power or high-power device.

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