Stimulates the production of collagen and helps fight acne. How color therapy is used in cosmetology

Color therapy, or chromotherapy, is a color treatment method that is popular including in cosmetology. In what problems it will be effective, said the head of the Department of medical rehabilitation and sports medicine of the Belarusian State Medical University Lyudmila Malkevich on the air of the talk show “PRO HEALTH” on the YouTube channel “SEE AND LIVE”, writes sb.by.

Lyudmila Malkevich noted that color therapy is widely used in cosmetology.

- With the help of color can affect the condition of the skin. It can have an anti-inflammatory, bactericidal effect, increase the elasticity of the skin, stimulate the production of collagen, elastin. If we apply the green spectrum of laser radiation to the vascular mesh, cuperosis, this will give a visible effect. In the treatment of juvenile acne helps the red spectrum. It suppresses the vital activity of bacteria that cause acne, has an anti-inflammatory effect, the specialist said.

In addition, color therapy is used to improve hair growth.

- Red color is used to improve metabolic processes, blood circulation, stimulation of hair growth. But hair will only grow when the hair follicles are preserved. If the loss occurred, for example, due to stress or some medical manipulation, red can really help. There are special laser combs that improve blood circulation, explained Lyudmila Malkevich.

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