Quasar Baby IPL Home Treatments

Do It Yourself Cosmetic Procedures with Quasar Baby?

Hi Jean,

I'm sorry it has taken me awhile to reply to your emails.

Thanks very much for writing back and for your before and after photos - which look great! I've been thinking about this treatment for awhile and I would really like to also try it around my eyes - so I'm glad to hear that it has been approved and is being done.

My understanding was that you have to have more than one treatment, but it sounds like you just had the one treatment.

If you only need one, maybe I will explore doing it in Mexico if it is a lot cheaper - I don't know.....I really appreciate all your helpful info on that - as I never would have thought of that.

On a different subject, I was just reading about the Baby Quasar for $450 - it is a home IPL treatment that some women are raving about. Have you heard of it? I'll have to look at your website again, as you may have info there.

Thanks again.

Amrita

More on Thermage

You're correct: I only had one Thermage treatment and am not considering another one for some time. I prefer to wait the full two years that the treatment is expected to last and then decide what to do. Who knows what may be available by then!

If I do go for another, I will ask if there is anything I can take pre-treatment to minimize the pain. As I described in my first article, the sensation is like the zap of facial electrolysis - but 600 times!

Baby Quasar aka Quasar Baby

The manufacturer, Advanced Therapeutics, named their gizmo Baby Quasar because it's a smaller version of the professional machine which costs over $1500.

As they say, truth is stranger than fiction. If you trust NASA, it seems that LED photorejuvenation therapy really does work.

NASA believes LED light therapy has applications for astronauts during extended space flight, as well as to treat various forms of injury, and perhaps even cancer, here on earth.

It is known that human cells need gravity to stimulate cell growth. Muscle and bone atrophy are well documented in astronauts. Various minor injuries occurring in space have been reported not to heal until after the return to earth.

Space program scientists have long been concerned about the risks to human cells posed by microgravity. NASA sought a therapy that would stimulate cell growth to counteract this lack of gravity.

To quote one NASA report, "Potential benefits [of LED therapy] to NASA, military, and civilian populations include treatment of serious burns, crush injuries, non-healing fractures, muscle and bone atrophy, traumatic ischemic wounds, radiation tissue damage, compromised skin grafts, and tissue regeneration."

There has been a proliferation of photodynamic therapy machines brought to market: both IPL (Intense Pulse Light); and LED (Light Emitting Diode).

Two IPL machines have been released for home use (Beurer SoftLaser VSL40 and SoftTouch/Nulase Laser). Advanced Therapeutics, with its Baby Quasar, was the first-to-market with an LED photodynamic therapy machine designed for home use.

Not being an electrical engineer or NASA scientist, all I can do is compare the technical specs of the NASA theory to the Baby Quasar. I can't say whether the slight differences make the Baby Quasar more or less effective.

Comparison of Baby Quasar to NASA Theory

NASA found that optimal LED wavelengths for tissue penetration are 680, 730 and 880 nanometers (billionths of a meter). Baby Quasar uses wavelengths of 630 to 950 nm.

NASA also experimented with different levels of energy to deliver the light. They found that, at 4 joules per square centimeter, DNA synthesis in fibroblasts and muscle cells could be quintupled.

[ Joule is a measure of energy. One joule is equivalent to one watt radiated for one second.]

Baby Quasar uses 2.6 joules per square centimeter and claims it is the most powerful LED device on the market.

That's a bit of marketing hype because the professional models produce between 20 and 50 joules.

Application of LED Therapy for Photo-rejuvenation

Most of the LED rejuvenation machines on the market (including Baby Quasar) have received, or have applied for, FDA approval.

The medical professionals who treat visible signs of aging have clearly bought on to the theory. They report very satisfied customers and even post before and after pictures on their websites.

Light in the red and near-infrared wavelengths stimulate cells to convert food energy into adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) energy.

This is the human version of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. ATP transports energy within the cells for metabolism, cell division and other important processes.

I mention metabolism and cell division because these are the two most relevant for skin rejuvenation. We can absorb these beneficial wavelengths from the sun, but at the same time we would be absorbing damaging UV waves which are very aging. LEDs emit no UV waves.

This article is for informational purposes only. It does not purport to offer medical advice.

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