Dr Joseph Allen

I think all of those things are good habits to have because we know they affect the body in so many other ways.

If somebody is truly struggling with it, then you can look at those various creams.

But I definitely encourage people, talk to a medical provider or whether a dermatologist or an eye care provider who specializes in that area.

What about red light therapy?

So red light, there's so much in red light.

And this is, I'm glad you brought that up because this is something I've been diving kind of headfirst into, into the research for many things in the eyes.

With the eye bag specifically, I'll say that there is some newer publications showing that red light therapy can help with depigmentation around the eyelids and giving the eyelids more of a youthful appearance.

I do wave caution, though, because there's a lot of products that are online that offer red light therapy for various reasons.

But they're not really standardized very well.

And so there are also publications showing people who've had damage to the eyes because they've used these various forms of red light therapies, devices they bought online.

Because what the manufacturer states isn't actually what's being measured when they do it in the research and find out, hey, what type of wavelength is this?

How much energy is being produced by the device?

Because it's not the specific wavelength.

The wavelength is important, but the amount of energy in the red light also is super important.

And if you have too much energy, you can go through the eyelid and go into the eye and cause damage.

And so I think it's really important.

This is still a very early area of research when it comes to the eye.

And so I think I just urge caution to make sure whoever's listening, if you're thinking about red light therapy, you're thinking about getting a red light device specifically for eye care, definitely talk to a specialist who works in that area.

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