Light, translated.
Red light therapy works by stimulating mitochondrial activity at specific wavelengths, 630 nm, 660 nm, and 810 nm. But the output depends on what's sitting in your skin when the photons arrive. Most serums weren't designed for this. We formulate ours to be transparent in the therapeutic window and keyed to the substrates the pathway uses.
Three wavelengths, three serums.
Each wavelength reaches a different layer of skin and does different biology there. We built a serum for each, so every layer the light hits has the right substrate to work with.
- Fibroblast stimulation
- Collagen I synthesis
- Tone + capillary circulation
- Peak CCO absorption
- Anti-inflammatory cascade
- Barrier + cellular repair
- Deep-tissue ATP
- Collagen remodeling
- Wound-healing signaling
The fifteen-minute routine.
Four steps, fifteen minutes. Cleanse, layer the serum that matches your session, run the panel, seal. Same every time.
Oils and residue scatter photons at the surface before they reach the dermis. Clean, hydrated skin transmits light better.
Purity Facial Cleanser
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If this is your AM session: 3–4 drops of Morning. Surface antioxidants (ergothioneine, astaxanthin) sit at the epidermis where 630 nm does its work.
Morning
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If this is your PM session: 3–4 drops of Evening. Peptide co-factors (GHK-Cu, Matrixyl, PAL-150) feed the fibroblasts 660 nm activates in the papillary dermis.
Evening
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Device at the distance your manufacturer specs. 5–10 minutes. 630 + 660 + 810 nm hit the epidermis, reach fibroblasts, activate cytochrome c oxidase. Finish with Radiance or your night moisturizer to seal.
Radiance
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Photobiomodulation, step by step.
If you want to go deeper: red and near-infrared photons are absorbed by cytochrome c oxidase in your mitochondria. Absorption triggers ATP production, controlled nitric-oxide release, and signaling-ROS bursts, the same pathway your skin uses to repair itself at night. The serum's job is to be transparent in that window and to supply the substrates the pathway needs.
Clean skin, damp carrier.
Hydrated stratum corneum transmits photons more efficiently than dry skin. 3–4 drops of serum, patted in. Wait 60 seconds for the carrier to set before the panel turns on.
Light hits the mitochondria.
630–850 nm photons are absorbed by cytochrome c oxidase in the electron transport chain. ATP production increases, controlled ROS signaling kicks off, nitric oxide releases, the pathway your skin uses to repair itself.
Substrates feed the pathway.
The light activates the cellular machinery. The serum supplies what that machinery needs, peptide co-factors, ergothioneine for mitochondrial redox, CoQ10 for the ETC, NAD+ precursors for cellular energy metabolism. Barrier repair continues for hours after the panel turns off.
What the literature says.
Photobiomodulation is one of the best-studied non-pharmaceutical interventions in aesthetic dermatology. These are peer-reviewed studies we find most informative, linked so you can read them yourself, not selected for flattery.
The panel we formulated around.
We formulated SEVO against a Chroma Radiance, professional-grade diodes at the three most-studied wavelengths and a modular tower format that fits in a bedroom. The panel we use every night is the panel we recommend. No affiliate revenue.