Serious question, I dropped $300 on a fancy LED light therapy panel for my treatment room

I used it for a month on clients with mild acne and saw zero improvement, but my old $50 blue light wand still gets results. Has anyone else had a specific tool totally flop after a big investment?

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adamellis2mo ago

Feel your pain, that's a brutal letdown. I've seen a few people online say the same thing about those big panels. The theory is that the wand puts out a much more focused, intense dose of light right on the spot, while the panel's strength gets spread out over your whole face. It might not be strong enough in one place to really do the job for active breakouts.

terry_bailey352mo agoMost Upvoted

Could the panel's light angle miss the deeper spots @adamellis mentioned?

barbara2781mo ago

Yeah @adamellis that makes sense but I gotta push back a little on the wand vs panel thing. From what I've read the panel's irradiance is actually way higher than a wand when you factor in the larger surface area. Both can work but the panel needs you to sit closer for shorter sessions to get the same punch per square cm. I tried a wand for years and saw nothing until I switched to a panel and finally got results. The real issue might be that people either sit too far from the panel or don't use it long enough.