Red Light Therapy News August 2026: HUGE Developments

Hey, welcome to the Redlight Therapy news for August 2026. We've got some new products, which is like a very premium methylene blue product. And also new Redlight Therapy mask that doesn't just emit light through lasers and LEDs, but also through electrostimulation. Then there's some new signs on life therapy for Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment. And a very surprising question that I got a lot actually in our Facebook group about using a charged device on the brain. Uh which is more focused on yeah, budget purposes. First of all, some new products. Um yeah, Mito Red has come out with uh the Mito Red Pro glasses. There are two versions. There's a dark version and an extra dark version. And these lower the light input into your eyes. So, if you're like standing very close to a Redlight Therapy panel, if there's lots of light coming in, then this can reduce the amount of red and near infrared going to your eyes. Pretty good, I think, for some people who use the the panels very up close or other high high power products. Um this one is $29.99 before discounts, but you can use the discount link below. And yeah, I've written about this a lot in the past. So, yeah, if you want some extra resources, not just for now, but also in the for other topics I mentioned in this video, then check them out below. But yeah, my articles on eye health on eye health and eye safety are linked below. Then BlockBlueLight has come out with some yeah, quite interesting products because yeah, it's this is just market demand. So many people want these products, and BlockBlueLight had been focusing mostly on panels in the past, but they've now started with a new Redlight Therapy blankets. Which is like a pod design. Um it has three different wavelengths, 660, 810, and 830 with adjustable brightness, 66% new infrared. Then, besides the blanket, there's also a new red light therapy mat with the same wavelengths. And they are offering a red light therapy belt with the with different wavelengths, 630, 660, 810, and 830. When it comes to the prices, their blanket is $1,785. The mat is $1,071 and the belt is 357 euros dollars. But yeah, you Again, you can save with the discount at the link below. Also from Block Blue Light, they have a sleep mask now or at least upgraded them. They had them for a long time. Yeah, technically it's not light therapy, but yeah, you know I've been talking a lot about circadian rhythm, etc. And yeah, not only how you need light during the daytime, but also darkness at night. And I personally cannot do with without a sleep mask because I'm traveling a lot, different Airbnbs, etc. And yeah, if you really want to make sure that you have that darkness at night, then a sleep mask is the way to go. And I've been seeing the evolution and development in the sleep mask over the years. So this Yeah, the technology and and the closure etc. around the eyes has been becoming a lot better. So I Yeah, I personally cannot wait to test out Block Blue Light's mask. Now, Hooga have come out with a new torch also with precision tip. And the precision tip is very interesting because it allows you to treat the the oral cavity, right? I've been a big fan of using red light therapy for oral health. And so far I have only been recommending the light path LED because that is the torch that really has a tip so that you can treat the gums individually for instance. You can treat the gums, you can treat the teeth or hypersensitivity. This Yeah, it's good to see it gets some competition here in this area. It's not just for the oral health. You can also you stick it into your ear for instance. Yeah, for short treatments. there is some evidence for hearing loss. And there is quite good evidence for doing that for tinnitus, for instance. The Hooga torch has the 460, 630, 660, 850, and 940. So, five different wavelengths. Seems interesting, especially because of the price points, which is low. And yeah, that may be a good reason while uh why people may be buying this. And I'll come back to the torch later on this video. or Jobs, however you pronounce it, have come up with a 60 laser mask. Now, earlier the 40 mask was pretty popular. That was like a premium option. This mask has four different wavelengths. It has the 1064 wavelength actually in the near infrared. Um yeah, some people are were in the past a little bit concerned about that. But yeah, if if you see my recent video on red light on on facial fat, I don't think there's any concern there that you may risk losing facial fat when using near infrared. And there's a little bit of a special thing with this mask of It's not just red light therapy. This is also EMS, microcurrents, or uh electrostimulation. A few years ago, I did some research into this topic. And there is some evidence because back then we had the like the Solawave wand and that also uses microcurrents. And there is some evidence for skin health, etc., that there are benefits there. This 60 laser mask costs 869 US dollars at this point. Uh but this code Alex will save some money off that uh below. Then, very interesting, methylene blue. SaunaSpace has come out with a yeah, methylene blue product. It also contains some other ingredients, uh nano liquid gold, and Ormus minerals. Yeah, apparently this is like a premium version of the methylene blue. We have been getting a lot of questions about this. So, yeah, recently I decided to write a short article on the topic that's out right now on the Light Therapy Insiders website, so you should go check it out. My recommendation on uh methylene blue right now is yeah, start with the basics, see how you respond to that, and then actually you may yeah, want to consider this space product if you want something special, but my recommendation is check how you respond to the to the individual methylene blue first at a very low dose, and yeah, you can work up from there or try different more premium products, but the simple methylene blue remains the basic. Then, Vielight have a Yeah, there's an article um they have now a patent on their AI. On their YouTube page, they explain in a 40-minute video the ins and outs of that whole process. It is very interesting to see how much AI is making an introduction in health and wellness space. We actually at the at the Light Therapy Insiders website, we have a chatbot that uses AI, and that helps you navigate all of the content on our websites because there are there are hundreds of articles on our website right now. All of my medical content is still human-written, 100% human-written, written by me, and fact-checked by me, etc., but the AI, if you have a specific question, the AI helps you navigate all of the content much better. So, check that out as well as on on our website. If you go to the website, on the bottom right, there is the AI um chatbot. Now, Vielight have another article also about race driving. Yeah, where you can imagine that you're exposed to lots of G power, right? Also, you need uh elite cognitive approach performance for that, like very high processing speed in the brain because you need to be able to respond very quickly. And yeah, it's also a little bit of dangerous because yeah, you with a collision or um even yeah, the the quick movements, etc., there's a lot of pressure on the body in that way. And I will tell you that I uh just did a interview with an expert of Vielight that will be coming out in the near future about traumatic brain injury and related health conditions. Yeah, even head collision advance during combat sports, etc. And the Vielight light therapy on that topic. So, yeah, subscribe for that if you're interested below. Some other articles here, Platinum Melody have just come out with a handheld panel, the Biomax Go. So, they have a new article promoting that. Rouge have a very good article on neck pain. There's quite some evidence on that topic right now already, scientific evidence using red light therapy for neck pain. And Chroma have a new article on red light therapy before or after work out but it's better here. There's There's lots of discussion around that over the years. Yeah, I published an article on that as well plus some videos. And yeah, my general conclusion which Chroma agrees with is that it's better to do it before the work out. Now, there is a monthly study. Vielight have just come out with a new trial on mild cognitive impairment. And mild cognitive impairment from the brain is basically a pre-stadium for Alzheimer's disease. Yeah, this research is carried out in parts by Dr. Neda Rashidi who is an MD and also PhD. I've interviewed her before on this channel. So, yeah, check that out below. But also other researchers, right? So, she's part of a team, Dr. Corinne Fischer. And the interesting thing here, yeah, the the the study here is only available on Vielight website right now. There's I'll link to a PDF of the publication below. Yeah, Dr. Neda Rashidi is part of 14 other researchers. But for you, the most important thing is they're using the Vielight helmets. I think it is an older model. Yeah. The study does say it uses 810. It uses five LEDs and an infra-nasal one. So, yeah, one here and four at other locations of the brain and one up the nose. There's 40 hertz pulsing used here. And the paper shows that right now in this paper, there's a 75 to 100 milliwatts over centimeters squared at each of the LEDs in terms of dosing. So, that's important to remember. For these participants here, this is the most important outcome. So, the results of the study, they showed better memory. Yeah, with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's that's often impaired or gets impaired over time. And as you know that yeah, it it gets worse over the over the months and years until it's it's it's very bad. But apparently here with the Vielight at 810 40 hertz pulsing, which is similar to the gamma device right now, they have improved memory. They've also improved global cognition. Yeah, they used an MMSE test here. Many different things such as time and place, attention, calculation with numbers, recall, language, etc. Then there's more efficient energy production. Mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease are also linked to poor energy production in the brain. So, but yeah, the researchers here show changes in mitochondrial dynamics and also a test that you can do the lactate to pyruvate ratio. Apparently that improves with the light therapy. It can also lower inflammation, interleukin-6, which is an inflammatory marker tied to cognitive decline. Apparently that goes down and yeah, better network connectivity. So, for like yeah, it helps the default mode network, which is important with like ordinary normal a normal mental state. If you're not like focusing, but just yeah, being normal or relaxed during the day. All quite good in my opinion. So, yeah, many different benefits. Video three of the study, they it shows some other outcomes as well. Urea, L-carnitine, etc. So, researchers tested lots of different biomarkers. And then said interesting perspective here, they say that no serious adverse effects occurred in abstract. Yeah, that's good. There's also lots of discussion about this topic about brain red light therapy in our Facebook group. Yeah, little bit of a side story, but I lent out a VILight device to one of my acquaintances back in the day. It's maybe two or three years ago, and he told me he had Parkinson's disease, and he told me like, "I get some headaches from this." So, he stopped using it, which is not ideal because, yeah, let's see what happens here in this study. In the VILight study, they say no serious adverse events occurred. But, mild self-limiting events were reported by 10 out of 20 participants, four in the active group and six in the sham group, that is like placebo. They think that they get the real treatment, but they don't. And, yeah, this included transient scalp and head discomfort, headaches or migraines, nasal or forehead dryness, low mood by fatigue, and all resolved spontaneously. So, yeah, in my opinion, although, yeah, of course, always talk to your doctor if you're using the brain devices with a, yeah, neurodegenerative condition. But, the lesson here, in my opinion, is that, yeah, some people, also my acquaintance, they may get a little bit of a headache or, yeah, fatigue or irritability. But, yeah, in that case, maybe just go slow, use the VILight for half of the time that you would normally do, and then build up from there. Yeah, there were also some in Yeah, so, not everything was positive in terms of the There were some outcomes such as tau proteins where which are linked to Alzheimer's disease which didn't change. Yeah, we discussed this topic as well in the in the interview I did with Dr. Nada so check that out below but overall very good that this study has come out that there's more confirmation now that the light therapy works for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. Of course, it's not perfect this study. We need more participants here. There was it's only 10 participants in the intervention group than in the in the sham group so the placebo group. Um yeah. Also caveat here. I always say that we really need to understand mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease from a much broader framework which is true for many complex diseases from from a diet from exercise from movement from sleep perspective supplements etc. So everything can play a part but still light therapy is an important factor here in my opinion. And yeah, I also wish in this study that some other outcomes were tested. For instance, as simple something as simple as like an aura ring for sleep quality. I know it's not perfect or or a questionnaire. The Pittsburgh sleep quality index for instance for measuring sleep quality daily step count etc. So but I know that they cannot measure anything and it's very very thorough this study so that's pretty good. Yeah, of course we need more more studies on this topic with more participants. For now this study with 10 participants in the intervention group than in the control group is very good in my opinion. So that we go to the Q&A. I already told you that we're going back to the topic of the torches and yeah, this is a question that yeah, I caused myself a little bit because I started talking about this last year but yeah, people ask me like Bart what do you think about using the torch device for brain treatment? Because that Vlight device that I just talked about it can cost into the thousands of dollars and yeah, I know for many people that's not affordable. So in many cases in my opinion, although we need studies on this to 100% confirm this, but yeah, there's no no reason to assume why this wouldn't work. So what you would do is for instance at the prefrontal cortex, the CEO of your brain basically, put a torch there, hold it for a few minutes, see how you respond, do it again in like 3 days and yeah, treat your brain like this brain area, the prefrontal cortex, treat it for yeah, for a few minutes again with and that area is really involved with abstract thought, planning, impulse control, etc. So yeah, the big benefit here is that you can use a device that that starts at like maybe $200 for like a Hooga torch and goes up to like yeah, maybe four or $500. Hooga has a torch, Chroma has a nice torch right now, Lightpath LED has a torch and probably some other companies as well, but at least here you have few options. My recommendation there is that it can work and it very possibly works really well. But you have to go slow and there are some downsides as well because yeah, first of all, you're not really recreating the exact protocol that's used in the studies. So like the Vlight device that I talked about, it has five LEDs at different locations of the of the brain, right? You're not recreating that exact protocol of how it's applied for like 20 minutes or 30 minutes to the brain. Secondly, it is also very cumbersome to hold a torch device here like if I really want to treat properly, I may need to hold it hold the torch here at the prefrontal cortex for 10 minutes, then hold it at the back of my head for like cerebellum treatment or or the lower part of the neck for 10 minutes. So, that's very cumbersome. It's not really a great solution. So, there are downsides to this. But yeah, I can imagine if somebody really is is on a low budget, that you could use a torch device for that treatment. Now, there are other downsides as well because like that Vlight device for instance had a 10 nanometers only. And if you're using a torch device, then there may be some red light red light in there, right? Which doesn't really penetrate the skull really well. Or there may be blue light in it. So, it's a little bit yeah, it's an imperfection. But I would still say that the torch device is in my opinion a pretty good low budget solution if you go really slow. Of course, this is not medical advice, but if you go really slow and build up from there. And yeah, start reading like even the speech areas, the prefrontal cortex, the cerebellum, etc. Start reading these areas yourself with a torch device. And so, then we come to almost the last part of this video upcoming content of ours. First of all, Alex has a video coming up about the many different Chroma devices. They've released some really nice products, I think in the last two years, 2025, 2026. Some UV light products which I I personally am a big fan of. Of course, in the correct context, in the correct uses, etc. Yeah, even some some some indoor lighting which is really not that good often if you're just using the standard LEDs that are in most houses. So, that's great. Like a desk lamp that can increase your focus, keep you awake, etc. during the day and wind you down at at night. Then there's a video from me about red and near infrared light comparing both and yeah, in what circumstance you would need to be use one of these. And a video about from Alex about dosing. Yeah, he said he says he was wrong about something something very important and I think it is about the different dose that is needed by the by the face and by the rest of the body. And yeah, if you're using panels, then you can overdose the face in many cases. We have published a lot recently. Uh, first of all is my methylene blue article that I already mentioned. Alex has a review out of the Rouge Nano, which is pretty interesting here. Uh, handheld the panel. Apparently, it's one of his favorites for a handheld panel. Theoretically again, handheld panel, you could also use that for the brain, right? But it is a little bit, um, yeah, cumbersome, I think, to even hold that there. So, I would still go for a torso device, but yeah, handheld devices are very good for like joint treatments, uh, travel, etc. Alex has a Light Lab interview with a with professionals from a full 10X Lab. Then there's my interview with Tracy Donagan on light therapy for female health. And this is really a specialized topic. Tracy Donagan, she has years and years and years of experience working with women on fertility and other female health issues. So, I don't really feel qualified to, uh, yeah, make judgment on that. So, that's why I interviewed Tracy about this topic. So, go check that out if you're interested about that. And Alex has an a review of the Masam Aura. So, yeah, um, these videos that just came out, you can check them out to the sides of me and we'll go and see you ahead in the September news radio and probably Alex should be back from his holiday by then.