Heal with LED Light Therapy
By Emily Wyatt · Published July 29, 2022 · Updated February 10, 2025
"I don't believe there's one magic button that will zap twenty years from your face, but I positively love LED light therapy ." - Joanna Vargas As we age, our body loses the ability to heal as quickly, internally and externally.
"I don't believe there's one magic button that will zap twenty years from your face, but I positively love LED light therapy." - Joanna Vargas
As we age, our body loses the ability to heal as quickly, internally and externally. LED light therapy uses red and near-infrared light, which are on a low, gentle part of the electromagnetic spectrum. As the light shines on you, it fuels the cells in your dermis, causing them to produce higher levels of collagen and elastin.
Joanna created and patented her full-body LED bed to give you dramatic results on your skin from head to toe!
LED light therapy is effective at:
- Fighting signs of aging
- Evening out skin tone
- Shrinking pore size
- Increasing elasticity
- Making skin softer
- Reducing inflammation
- Making skin less reactive
- Killing bacteria
- Clearing acne
- Speeding up healing
Naturally, LED is a key player at Joanna Vargas Spas! Find it in these treatments:
- Sleeping Beauty
- Vitalight Facial
- Power Nap
- Twilight Facial
- Clear & Brilliant Facial
- And more!
It’s painless, FDA approved, and our secret trick to flawless, younger looking skin.
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