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A dermatologist snuck red LED panels into his son’s hospital room after a stroke, and now he’s a convert

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 26, 2026
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Red Light Therapy Treatment (MarijaBazarova/shutterstock.com)

Red-light therapy devices are showing up in dermatology offices, locker rooms, and homes, propelled by a market projected to top $1 billion by 2030. Most of the consumer hype is noise. But a growing stack of clinical evidence is catching up to the marketing, and a new Nature feature digs into …

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