Dr Joseph Allen

But red light...

Have you heard much about red light in different areas?

The devices that you got, do they come with goggles?

No.

Okay.

So that is sort of the concern I have is, again, what energy is really not just what wavelengths of light is it emitting, but what's the energy and also how far away from the device are you sitting?

What's the recommendations?

And specifically with the eye,

There is evidence that red light therapy can help with dry eyes, that red light therapy can help with macular degeneration.

So age-related macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness for older age adults.

50 plus.

50 plus.

In fact, if you're over the age of 40 and somebody's legally blind, 50% of them it's due to macular degeneration.

Mm-hmm.

And so probably some of the best research on red light in the eyes is on macular degeneration.

In fact, it's currently approved and being used in Europe.

It's not approved in the U.S.

just yet, but it is going through FDA trials.

But that is a form of red light therapy.

It doesn't just use red light.