If your son or daughter suffers from acne, it is natural for you to want to help him or her get rid of it as quickly as possible. You want to protect your child from the painful ridicule from classmates, the weakening self image, and the physical scarring that acne can cause. You may already feel that you have tried everything, so now you are looking into alternative treatments as a last ditch effort to avoid the doctor’s recommendation to put your child on harmful antibiotics, birth control pills, or Accutaine.

As a parent, you’re looking for an acne treatment that works, and works consistently. You’re looking for an acne treatment that your teen or preteen will actually use, not another fading ‘ritual’ of bottles and tubes of “miracle products” day and night. You’re looking for an acne treatment that is SAFE for your child, and that won’t cause any harmful side effects, discomfort, or down-time. (Not to mention birth defects in your grand kids.)

Blue and Red Light is the acne treatment you are looking for.

Blue and Red light therapy works and works consistently. Blue and Red light has been scientifically and clinically proven to be effective for the treatment of mild-to-severe cases of inflammatory acne. Eighty six percent of people who use blue and red light acne therapy find some degree of success, including total clearing within 12 weeks of consistent treatment with recommended use.

We’ve found that blue and red light works fastest for teenagers and preteens, so you may begin to notice improvement in cases of mild-to-moderate acne in just a few days.

Blue and Red light therapy works best for mild-to-moderate acne, but our research and experience has equipped us to help you handle even severe acne cases with light therapy as part of a holistic approach.

Blue and Red light therapy is quick and easy. Blue light therapy is something your teenager is likely to actually stick to without complaint. Our light, LightWave CS, features 6-10 second treatments per area – they can treat their whole face in 36 seconds once or twice per day.

Blue and Red light therapy is SAFE. Blue and red light is completely safe for your child, inside and out. It is 100% natural, simple light. It is completely non-invasive. It does not cause the skin to dry out, itch, redden or swell. In fact, there are no adverse side effects reported at all.

Click here to learn more about blue light acne treatment.

Learn more about our ‘acne light,’ LightWave CS.

Tackling Severe Cases of Inflammatory and Cystic Acne

If your son or daughter is suffering from a severe case of inflammatory or cystic acne, then they may be suffering from a severe hormonal imbalance and/or Vitamin D deficiency as described above. You may notice symptoms of this showing up in other areas of their health and well being as well, aside from their skin. For example, their mood, concentration, weight and immunity may also be effected.

Blue and Red light therapy with LightWave CS can certainly help treat severe and cystic acne from the outside, often with good success over time with consistent treatment. However, especially in cases of severe acne, it is best to find and treat the cause of the problem. Total clearing may then be achieved safely and naturally by taking an “inside-out,” holistic type of approach as outlined below.

Let’s get rid of your child’s acne all together.

You can.

Consider this: In non-westernized societies, acne as a condition does not exist – not even among the teenage population. So why do our children suffer from this sometimes disfiguring disease?

No doubt you’ve done your research and you’ve learned that the cause of your child’s acne is hormone imbalance. If you can correct the cause of your child’s acne, you can eliminate the problem all together.

Granted, there are many things that bear on our children’s hormone balance today, especially during the teen and preteen years, but let’s consider the two most significant: what they eat, and the amount of sunshine they get.

1. What they eat.

What your child eats and drinks has a dramatic and immediate effect on their hormone balance. Diet has finally been proven to be related to the presence and severity of an acne condition. At least two studies since 2002 have identified the link between what we eat and the cascade of hormones leading directly to the overproduction of oil in the skin and the resulting acne condition. You may find links to these studies from the following articles on our blog:

Yes, Diet IS Related to Acne

There is no Profit in the Acne Cure

2. The amount of sunshine they get.

This is important for at least two reasons related to hormone balance:

i. Natural light is actually a basic human nutrient, just like food or water. Light entering through the eyes travels directly to the hypothalamus in the brain which is ultimately responsible for total hormone balance. Read more about this.

ii. Light striking the skin is the only natural way our bodies produce Vitamin D. Vitamin D3 is actually a pre hormone, not a vitamin. Vitamin D deficiency is now a pandemic. Unless your child gets regular sun exposure without sunscreen, it is likely that they are Vitamin D3 deficient. Most Vitamin D research going on now is focused on the cure and prevention of such things as cancer, diabetes, autism, and other catastrophic diseases, but Vitamin D has been linked to acne in the past, and will no doubt prove to be a visible symptom of Vitamin D deficiency as research continues.

Please follow the links on this page to learn more about how blue and red light therapy, a healthy diet, adequate daylight and Vitamin D3 can get rid of your child’s acne and help sustain their vibrant health, inside and out.

Please feel free to email or call me personally if you have any questions about how to implement this information for your son or daughter.

Louanna Wilson (”Mom”)

Director – Light Therapy Options

(800) 673-9407

Louanna@LightTherapyOptions.com

I am not a doctor or dermatologist or anything like that. I sell blue light therapy products to dermatologists, estheticians, and, more importantly, normal people like you. I’ve heard story after story of people who have had acne for years, “tried everything,” and blue light was their last hope. The most painful of these stories to me were those of parents trying anything to help their teenager or preteen. Gratefully, blue light was successful for most of them. But there were those with severe cases for whom it did not work. I wondered why blue light did not work in every case, and I wondered what else could be done to help these people.

Here’s the questions I asked myself, and the answers I found. (These are generally accepted answers. Again, I am not a doctor.)

What causes acne vulgaris?

Clogged pores lead to infection and inflammation (inflammatory acne, or acne vulgaris.).

What causes clogged pores?

Too frequent and/or over production of oil in the oil glands of the skin.

What causes over production of oil?

Increased activity of the androgen hormone, a male sex hormone present in both women and men.

When I learned that the androgen hormone was responsible for oil production in the skin, I was struck by the idea that the cause of acne was hormonal.

I personally have had problems relating to my hormone balance. I’ve heard doctors tell me “there is nothing you can do to balance your hormones.” But as I turned to natural health alternatives, I learned there certainly are things you can do to balance your hormones, but they are just not as easy as popping a pill. (Too bad for all of us.) I learned that a key to hormone balance in the body is to get the insulin hormone under control. Insulin is directly related to what you eat, specifically sugar, and anything that turns right to sugar in your system, like processed grains. So I wondered,

Is there a connection between androgen, the hormone directly related to the cause of acne, and insulin, the hormone directly related to what you eat?

I found that there was. Here it is explained by Dr. Diana Schwarzbein:

“Acne results from the clogging and subsequent inflammation of oil glands. When androgen activity increases, the number and secretion of the oil glands of the body also increase. The higher the secretion of oil, the more likely it is that oil glands will become clogged, resulting in acne. Puberty and perimenopause are the two time periods when androgen activity increases. It used to be these times when women would complain of acne. Men generally experience acne only during puberty. But both women and men of all ages now complain of acne. The reason is that women and men are eating low-fat diets that are high in carbohydrates while also consuming stimulants. High carbohydrate consumption stimulates insulin production, and when insulin rises, androgens are increased beyond “normal” ranges. Stimulants exacerbate this while increasing insulin and adrenaline.”

The Schwarzbein Principle: The Truth About Losing Weight, Being Healthy, and Feeling Younger
pp. 168, by Diana Schwarzbein, M.D and Nancy Deville.

A recent 2007 Australian study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, has made the connection between acne vulgaris, androgen production, insulin levels, and diet. In the study, Professor Mann, along with Robyn Smith, PhD and Royal Melbourne Hospital, divided forty-three males, between the ages of 15 and 25, into two groups. One group was given foods with a low glycemic load, and the other group was fed a more “typical” teenage American diet, high in sugar and processed foods.

After 12 weeks, the boys in the high protein-low glycemic load group showed significantly reduced free androgen levels, and a 50% reduction of acne.

In non-westernized societies, acne does not exist. Although heredity and some other factors may play a part, acne is in most cases a result of the severe hormone imbalance brought about by our diet and lifestyle. After a year of research into the cause of acne, I am convinced that acne can in fact be ‘cured,’ and that a healthy diet and correcting any Vitamin D Deficiency are the two major keys to the “cure.”

I will still sell blue light as a 100% natural, effective acne treatment, but our new website (look for launch around April 2009), will highlight all the above information, and every order will include it. I hope it helps you eliminate the need for any acne ‘treatment’ at all.

Links for more info, book recommendations, etc.

Yes, Acne IS related to Diet

Is Acne a Symptom of Vitamin D Deficiency?

Three Easy Ways to Test for Vitamin D Deficiency