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MIAMI BEACH – Over-the-counter phototherapy devices for anti-aging and acne treatment can improve office-based procedure results and enhance clinical practice, according to Dr. Z. Paul Lorenc.
Light-emitting diode (LED) devices now available for home use, such as the illuMask (La Lumiere) anti-aging and anti-acne masks, are safe and effective and can be used along with office-based treatments to speed healing and boost results, Dr. Lorenc said at the South Beach Symposium.
The illuMask anti-aging mask uses a combination of 630 nm wavelength red light and 855 nm wavelength infrared light, and the two work synergistically to improve signs of aging, such as wrinkles, photoaging, and hyperpigmentation.
Dr. Lorenc, chief medical and scientific officer for La Lumiere, worked on the pivotal trials for the devices, and said that in a study of 30 patients aged 14 -40 years, 15 minutes of daily mask use was associated with 82% and 94% improvement in 17 clinical skin attributes at weeks 4 and 8, respectively. Improvement in 20 sham-treated subjects was 24% at both 4 and 8 weeks.
Subject self-assessment showed significant improvement in 93% and 100% of 15 clinical attributes at weeks 4 and 8, respectively, in the treated subjects, compared with 33% and 40% in the sham-treated subjects, he said.
The illuMask anti-acne mask uses 630 nm red light and 440 nm blue light, which also work synergistically.
In addition, 15 minutes of daily use was associated with a 71% average decrease in the number of noninflammatory lesions and an 83% decrease in the number of inflammatory lesions at 8 weeks. The median decrease in the 5-point Acne Severity Assessment Scale score was 2 points – from 4 (moderate) to 2 (almost clear).
Dr. Lorenc, who practices plastic surgery in New York, said he does not treat acne very often, but he does encounter patients with adult acne who benefit from the acne mask.
He said he uses the anti-aging mask often.
“I’m using it on every single resurfacing patient,” he said, explaining that red light is anti-inflammatory in nature, and increases production of collagen and elastin.
Patients undergoing partial or total resurfacing, those undergoing other procedures such as microneedling, and even those undergoing a face-lift, can benefit from use of the anti-aging mask beginning the day after the procedure, he said, adding that it decreases inflammatory processes, and can provide some added anti-aging effects that may not be addressed by the initial procedures (dyschromia in face-lift patients, for example).
The masks are simple to use, don’t take much time, can be used with existing treatment regimens, are appropriate for all Fitzpatrick skin types, and are associated with a high compliance rate – even among teens, Dr. Lorenc said.
While some physicians have expressed concern that the OTC availability of phototherapy devices could hurt clinical practice, his experience has been quite the opposite.
The boost that the masks give both to the recovery time and efficacy of office-based procedures makes for happier patients who come back – and send their friends, he said.
“I have incorporated [the masks] into my practice, and what it has done is the opposite of what you would think intuitively; it has expanded my practice – both surgical and nonsurgical, and we think that this is a very good adjunct therapy to both acne and anti-aging treatment,” he said.
Dr. Lorenc had no additional disclosures.
MIAMI BEACH – Over-the-counter phototherapy devices for anti-aging and acne treatment can improve office-based procedure results and enhance clinical practice, according to Dr. Z. Paul Lorenc.
Light-emitting diode (LED) devices now available for home use, such as the illuMask (La Lumiere) anti-aging and anti-acne masks, are safe and effective and can be used along with office-based treatments to speed healing and boost results, Dr. Lorenc said at the South Beach Symposium.
The illuMask anti-aging mask uses a combination of 630 nm wavelength red light and 855 nm wavelength infrared light, and the two work synergistically to improve signs of aging, such as wrinkles, photoaging, and hyperpigmentation.
Dr. Lorenc, chief medical and scientific officer for La Lumiere, worked on the pivotal trials for the devices, and said that in a study of 30 patients aged 14 -40 years, 15 minutes of daily mask use was associated with 82% and 94% improvement in 17 clinical skin attributes at weeks 4 and 8, respectively. Improvement in 20 sham-treated subjects was 24% at both 4 and 8 weeks.
Subject self-assessment showed significant improvement in 93% and 100% of 15 clinical attributes at weeks 4 and 8, respectively, in the treated subjects, compared with 33% and 40% in the sham-treated subjects, he said.
The illuMask anti-acne mask uses 630 nm red light and 440 nm blue light, which also work synergistically.
In addition, 15 minutes of daily use was associated with a 71% average decrease in the number of noninflammatory lesions and an 83% decrease in the number of inflammatory lesions at 8 weeks. The median decrease in the 5-point Acne Severity Assessment Scale score was 2 points – from 4 (moderate) to 2 (almost clear).
Dr. Lorenc, who practices plastic surgery in New York, said he does not treat acne very often, but he does encounter patients with adult acne who benefit from the acne mask.
He said he uses the anti-aging mask often.
“I’m using it on every single resurfacing patient,” he said, explaining that red light is anti-inflammatory in nature, and increases production of collagen and elastin.
Patients undergoing partial or total resurfacing, those undergoing other procedures such as microneedling, and even those undergoing a face-lift, can benefit from use of the anti-aging mask beginning the day after the procedure, he said, adding that it decreases inflammatory processes, and can provide some added anti-aging effects that may not be addressed by the initial procedures (dyschromia in face-lift patients, for example).
The masks are simple to use, don’t take much time, can be used with existing treatment regimens, are appropriate for all Fitzpatrick skin types, and are associated with a high compliance rate – even among teens, Dr. Lorenc said.
While some physicians have expressed concern that the OTC availability of phototherapy devices could hurt clinical practice, his experience has been quite the opposite.
The boost that the masks give both to the recovery time and efficacy of office-based procedures makes for happier patients who come back – and send their friends, he said.
“I have incorporated [the masks] into my practice, and what it has done is the opposite of what you would think intuitively; it has expanded my practice – both surgical and nonsurgical, and we think that this is a very good adjunct therapy to both acne and anti-aging treatment,” he said.
Dr. Lorenc had no additional disclosures.
MIAMI BEACH – Over-the-counter phototherapy devices for anti-aging and acne treatment can improve office-based procedure results and enhance clinical practice, according to Dr. Z. Paul Lorenc.
Light-emitting diode (LED) devices now available for home use, such as the illuMask (La Lumiere) anti-aging and anti-acne masks, are safe and effective and can be used along with office-based treatments to speed healing and boost results, Dr. Lorenc said at the South Beach Symposium.
The illuMask anti-aging mask uses a combination of 630 nm wavelength red light and 855 nm wavelength infrared light, and the two work synergistically to improve signs of aging, such as wrinkles, photoaging, and hyperpigmentation.
Dr. Lorenc, chief medical and scientific officer for La Lumiere, worked on the pivotal trials for the devices, and said that in a study of 30 patients aged 14 -40 years, 15 minutes of daily mask use was associated with 82% and 94% improvement in 17 clinical skin attributes at weeks 4 and 8, respectively. Improvement in 20 sham-treated subjects was 24% at both 4 and 8 weeks.
Subject self-assessment showed significant improvement in 93% and 100% of 15 clinical attributes at weeks 4 and 8, respectively, in the treated subjects, compared with 33% and 40% in the sham-treated subjects, he said.
The illuMask anti-acne mask uses 630 nm red light and 440 nm blue light, which also work synergistically.
In addition, 15 minutes of daily use was associated with a 71% average decrease in the number of noninflammatory lesions and an 83% decrease in the number of inflammatory lesions at 8 weeks. The median decrease in the 5-point Acne Severity Assessment Scale score was 2 points – from 4 (moderate) to 2 (almost clear).
Dr. Lorenc, who practices plastic surgery in New York, said he does not treat acne very often, but he does encounter patients with adult acne who benefit from the acne mask.
He said he uses the anti-aging mask often.
“I’m using it on every single resurfacing patient,” he said, explaining that red light is anti-inflammatory in nature, and increases production of collagen and elastin.
Patients undergoing partial or total resurfacing, those undergoing other procedures such as microneedling, and even those undergoing a face-lift, can benefit from use of the anti-aging mask beginning the day after the procedure, he said, adding that it decreases inflammatory processes, and can provide some added anti-aging effects that may not be addressed by the initial procedures (dyschromia in face-lift patients, for example).
The masks are simple to use, don’t take much time, can be used with existing treatment regimens, are appropriate for all Fitzpatrick skin types, and are associated with a high compliance rate – even among teens, Dr. Lorenc said.
While some physicians have expressed concern that the OTC availability of phototherapy devices could hurt clinical practice, his experience has been quite the opposite.
The boost that the masks give both to the recovery time and efficacy of office-based procedures makes for happier patients who come back – and send their friends, he said.
“I have incorporated [the masks] into my practice, and what it has done is the opposite of what you would think intuitively; it has expanded my practice – both surgical and nonsurgical, and we think that this is a very good adjunct therapy to both acne and anti-aging treatment,” he said.
Dr. Lorenc had no additional disclosures.