MyGREEN BASKING LAMP

Forest Light for Skin Health

The skin is the largest organ in the human body and it should be no surprised that it both depends upon and responds to the light environment to which it is exposed.  The problem is that people spend so much time indoors in climate-controlled building lit by energy-efficient fluorescent and LED lights that their skin is suffering.

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In natural sunlight, the UVB wavelengths that stimulate melanin production and make Vitamin D never appear without the other wavelengths that help protect the skin.  That's not the case with typical tanning beds that provide only UV without regard to the red and near-infrared (NIR) that protect and heal the skin.  Thus, there is an acute need for a healthy LED ultraviolet (UV) phototherapy lamp for at-home use that provides optimal wavelengths for Vitamin D production and skin protection offered by red and infrared wavelengths.  Such a lamp could be safer, more economical, and more effective than popular tanning lamps. 

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That's why MyGreen created the Basking Lamp.  It is designed to provide the next best thing to natural sunshine and the shady forest.

 

The Basking Lamp will support Vitamin D synthesis and maintaining a base tan.  However, it is not a tanning lamp, nor a Vitamin D lamp, because it does not deliver UVB radiation in isolation.  It is for basking, like reptiles do in the sun and people do by the glow of the wood fire.  The MyGreen Basking Lamp is designed to simulate shady forest light, which combines UV with the protective and therapeutic benefits of near-violet, green, red, and NIR.

The Basking Lamp has 480 chips packaged in 120 LEDs.  It includes twelve different narrowband wavelengths of light, each with a different target and purpose, and operates in two different modes: Forest and Fire.
 

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Forest Light 

In the forest mode, all wavelengths are illuminated at once, to simulate the healing light environment of the shady forest.

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• 310nm (invisible UVB) is the optimal wavelength for synthesizing pre-Vitamin D at minimal risk of sunburn.

• 355nm (invisible UVA) is the peak absorbance for nitrite to produce NO to promote vasodilation, recovery from ice bath, and improved circulation.

• 380nm (violet) to signal Opsin5 (neuro that UV light is present and trigger melanogenesis.

• 540nm (visible green) is the peak wavelength in the shady forest and indicates that the UVA & UVB invisible lights are on. Green light targets melanin in the epidermis and dermis to promote healing of skin wounds, inhibit melanoma tumor growth, and erase cellulite. 

• 590nm (visible Amber) shrinks subcutaneous fat cells and lets the user know that the NIR lights are on, too.  The Amber always comes on when the 970/810nm is on, providing a visual awareness.  

• 730nm (red/NIR) targets melanin in the dermis to stimulate dormant hair follicles, speed wound healing, reduce wrinkles, and signal senescence in cancer cells.

• 770nm (red/NIR) to target deoxyhemoglobin in the red blood cells that have surrendered oxygen to skin cells to power respiration.

• 810nm (invisible NIR) to power cytochrome C oxidase (CCO) enzyme in the mitochondria to produce ATP and improve exercise performance.

• 970nm to structure water and protect against sunburn.

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Fire Mode 

Use the fire mode at night, or in the early morning before the sun comes up.  The fire mode turns off the shorter wavelengths of light because they disappear when the sun goes down.  Fire mode simulates the light environment of the wood fire, so it uses only the 970nm, 810nm, 770nm, and 590nm. 

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