Want glowing skin, improved scar texture, faster healing and wrinkle reduction? It’s time to look into red light.

Red light therapy, which employs low levels of red light, can treat a slew of skin concerns, in keeping with the Cleveland Clinic. The range is alleged to span sun damage to cellular function — and a few researchers say the modality may even help with muscle recovery.

“People should not just taking a look at the wellness trends when it comes to the way it’s making them look, but taking a look at how they’re making them feel as well,” says Shakaila Forbes-Bell, an in-house fashion psychologist at Afterpay.

Red light has been around for years — but now, it’s hit TikTok, with greater than 75 million views on the #RedLightTherapy hashtag, and celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian, Sydney Sweeney and Chrissy Teigen showcasing their red light routines. Unlike another popular TikTok beauty conversations, like Botox, red light is entirely noninvasive — something that’s drawn in each regular people and celebrity aestheticians, like Joanna Vargas.

Red light therapy is available in many forms: beds, handheld wands, microcurrent devices, masks, sauna blankets, scalp caps and even a tool for postpartum tearing. 

There’s the Solawave Radiant Renewal Wand, $169, which offers a tiny, red light wand that might be used on the go. Solawave’s celebrity users include Sweeney, Lil Nas X and Nicole Kidman. The device’s newest iteration includes two times the red light and galvanic current, meant to advertise product absorption with heat and vibration. 

The brand recommends using for 12 minutes across your complete face, said Solawave chief executive officer Andrew Silberstein. “It’s cumulative and all in regards to the exposure to the skin,” Silberstein said.

Those seeking to go hands-free will probably want to turn to red light in mask format, which is out there from several different brands. There’s HigherDose’s Red Light Face Mask, $349, Dr. Dennis Gross’ DRx SpectraLite FaceWare Pro, $455, Gleamy Lab’s Eyemazing patches, $194 and CurrentBody’s Skin LED Eye Perfector, $249.

NuFace can be launching a recent red light attachment for its Trinity+ microcurrent device called The Wrinkle Reducer, meant to identify treat areas more vulnerable to nice lines, similar to across the eyes or mouth.

“The closer you get to the skin the higher,” says Tera Peterson, cofounder and chief creative officer of NuFace. “The undeniable fact that you would actually place our red lights right on the skin, the skin is definitely absorbing it at a greater, faster rate.”

Vargas, whose celebrity clients include Rachel Brosnahan and Mindy Kaling, implements red light into her studios, noting that she feels it quickens healing and is nice for each the face and body. She developed the RevitaLight Bed, which is supposed to enhance the looks of cellulite, stretch marks, wrinkles and scarring. 

“It addresses inflammation, it addresses collagen stimulation, and it quickens the healing of the body by 300 percent,” says Vargas. “I could use it after a peel or microneedling or laser… The red light would help heal it faster.”

When using a red light therapy bed, Vargas recommends a weekly 30 minute session for six weeks for best results. 

For targeted healing, Mommy Matters has launched a NeoHeat Perineal Healing Device, $179, which employs red and infrared light meant to assist repair damage from childbirth by boosting blood flow, reducing inflammation and resulting in internal and external tissue healing.

Joovv’s handheld panel device, Go 2.0, $649, might be used to focus on certain body parts. The brand also offers a full-body panel, the Solo 3.0, $1,699. The HigherDose Infrared Sauna Blanket, $699, claims its infrared technology boosts metabolism, promotes the looks of skin, improves sleep and detoxes the body.

The at-home sauna blanket “might be far more seamless,” says HigherDose cofounder and co-CEO Katie Kaps.

While it’s still being studied, dermatologists and hair transplant surgeons are bullish on red light therapy for hair growth, and a study from Annals of Dermatology shows that five to 10 minutes of 650 nanometer red light over time could promote hair growth.

“Red light therapy effectively stimulates the scalp area, causing a rise in blood flow to the hair follicle. This then prompts the cells to divide and grow, increasing the chance for protein growth and nutrient delivery to the hair follicles,” said hairstylist, trichologist and founding father of Act + Acre Helen Reavey.

For at-home use, Recent York City-based hair transplant surgeon and owner of Ziering Medical Dr. Craig Ziering offers a baseball-style cap covered in red light called the ZCap (LaserCap) HD+, $3,000. 

As with most at-home treatments, compliance is essential, and regular use is what’s going to yield results, experts say.

“That you must invest a while with a view to see a very good result,” said Vargas. “Quality matters, and doing a little bit of research before you buy something is de facto really useful, but apart from that there’s nothing to fear.”