The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
So the key point here is that light is activating particular pathways in cells that can either drive death of cells or can make those cells essentially younger by increasing ATP by way of improving mitochondrial function.
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improve mitochondrial function in cells and that in turn has been shown to be beneficial for all the different processes within cells that involve mitochondria which of course include energy production but a bunch of other things too so when I say that photo therapy has been shown to be beneficial for cells of the body it's not just cells of the skin
The key point here is that light is activating particular pathways in cells that can either drive death of cells or can make those cells essentially younger by increasing ATP by way of improving mitochondrial function.
So the way to think about this is that red light passes into the deeper layers of the skin, activates mitochondria, which increases ATP and directly or indirectly reduces these reactive oxygen species.
from what I've learned from looking at their research is that there's a lot of research that red and near-infrared light will improve ATP production the mitochondria