Red light
therapy
Twenty minutes between two panels of red and near infrared light. No heat, nothing much to feel while it happens. Most people say the difference they notice first is in their skin, and the regulars tell us they feel less stiff the day after a heavy session. It rewards a run of visits rather than one.
When to use it
Anyone who pushes their body: athletes, gym regulars, and anyone dealing with soreness or stiff joints. It suits older adults and people coming back from an injury just as well. What follows is what our customers book it for and what they report back, rather than what we can prove a twenty minute session delivers.
- Straight after the gym. The regulars tell us they carry less soreness into the next session.
- Through a big training block. Marathon or event training, week after week. People use it to hold up rather than to get faster.
- Stiff, aching joints. Most say it takes the edge off, and you can use it as often as you like.
- Coming back from injury. Nothing invasive, nothing to recover from afterwards.
- Energy and recovery. People who use it regularly report more of both, day to day, not just after training.
Being straight about the research: red and near infrared light does have good evidence behind it for soreness after training, but those studies pointed lasers at the worked muscle rather than standing someone between two panels. We are not going to claim their results as ours. What we can tell you is what people here say.
Your skin
This is the closest thing to firm ground on the page. In a 2023 trial, women had one side of the face treated with red light over ten sessions across four weeks, and the treated side showed about a third less wrinkle volume around the eyes than the untreated side. Ten sessions in four weeks is the part worth noticing: this rewards consistency, not one visit.
- Softer fine lines. The clearest result in the research, measured around the eyes over a course of sessions.
- Better circulation. Most people say their skin looks brighter and more even after a run of visits.
- Faster healing. People who use it regularly report blemishes settling and marks fading sooner.
- Calmer skin. Most say redness and irritation settle down.
- Smoother tone and texture. Including pigmentation and dark spots.
- A stronger barrier. Customers tell us their skin holds up better to irritants.
No UV, no heat damage and nothing invasive. It is safe on every skin type and made for regular use rather than one big appointment.
Shape and tone
Red light is also used for body contouring, and some of our customers book it for exactly that. This is the thinnest part of the page and we would rather say so than pad it: what follows is what people report and what the treatment is commonly used for, not something we can put a study behind.
- Modest reductions. Customers here tell us they notice a difference around the waist, hips, arms and thighs, usually from around six sessions on.
- Nothing invasive. No surgery, no needles, no downtime, whatever else it does or does not do.
- Skin tone. Most say the skin over the area looks smoother, which is the change they notice first.
It sits alongside decent food and regular training rather than instead of them, and it works over weeks rather than in one appointment. Nobody here has seen it act as a shortcut past either. That is why most people take it on a membership or inside a package.
The session
First time in, you get a quick induction, then it is twenty minutes. You sit or stand between the two panels, one either side, so the light reaches you from both directions rather than one. Eye shields on, or eyes shut. It is warm at most, nothing touches you, and there is nothing to recover from. Plenty of people book it on a lunch break and go straight back to work.
Add it to a visit
Red light is in three of the four combination packages, and in the Experience Pass. No heat, no cold and no downtime, so it goes before or after anything else without getting in the way.
The Anti-Ageing Combo · $90
PEMF and red light, fifty minutes, no heat and no cold at all.
Sculpt & Glow · $80
Red light and compression, fifty minutes. The skin and shape pairing.
The Renew Stack · $170
Contrast, PEMF, compression and red light across one two hour visit.
Questions
What does it feel like?
Warm at most, and deep red light bright enough that you keep your eyes covered. Nothing dramatic happens while you are in there. It is the easiest twenty minutes in the building.
Is it a sunbed?
No. Sunbeds work on ultraviolet light and these panels do not emit any. Nothing to burn, no tan, and nothing to stay out of the sun for afterwards.
Red light or the infrared sauna?
Different jobs. Red light uses specific wavelengths to work on your cells, with no heat involved. The infrared sauna uses heat, and you are there to sweat. Recovery and skin on one side, a proper warm up and a sweat on the other.
How often should I come?
Two or three times a week while you are chasing something specific, whether that is skin, a training block or body tone, then weekly to hold it. Results build over weeks, so it rewards turning up.
Is it safe?
Yes for most people. It is non invasive, there is no UV and nothing touches you. Keep your eyes covered or shut. If you take any medication that makes you more sensitive to light, or you have a history of skin cancer or an active skin lesion, check with your doctor first, and the same goes if you are pregnant.
Twenty minutes, no heat, nothing to brace for. $40 on its own, or already included in three of the four packages and in the Experience Pass.