Current Light Therapies Do Not Work the Same for All Skin Tones.
LUCI Inside US Pat. № 9474911 & Patents Pending
The skin surface outer layer, the stratum corneum (SC), is a formidable barrier inhibiting all light wavelengths from penetration into underlying tissues. The SC layer produces about 100 to 1000 times the light scattering coefficient compared to the viable tissue below the SC Layer. The stratified SC layer is a complicated inhomogeneous opaque lipid matrix containing remnants of dead cells, cell walls, keratin, cell organelles and water. Each SC Layer component has a different refractive index rendering the layer to be opaque and restrictive to therapeutic light.
The SC Layer light scattering confines and traps a substantial portion of applied light energy causing skin surface heating as well as lateral light scattering. Realized light energy flux reaching treatment targets in deeper tissues is related to the applied light power. Applied light power level is limited by skin surface heating.
In darker skin tones, SC Layer melanin particles differentiated from epidermal keratinocytes, is found in the form of ‘dust’ contained within each SC corneocyte. The amount of melanin dust is related to skin tone. Light scattering increases and light penetration decreases as skin tone darkens. Darker skin tones significantly inhibit therapeutic light penetration through the skin surface.
LUCI≈ Therapeutics clarify the SC Layer to render the opaque skin surface less restrictive to therapeutic light. SC Layer clearing reduces skin surface and sub-surface light scattering, reduces light confinement and light trapping, reduces surface heating, and allows higher applied light powers to reach therapeutic targets in deep tissue.
LUCI≈ Therapeutics skin-friendly, high refractive index, lipophilic topical compositions unifies the stratified SC layer into an optically clear composite tissue layer. The unified refractive index matched SC Layer allows therapeutic light to penetrate and traverse the skin surface with reduced skin surface light scattering. The SC layer in darker skin tones is now optically clear, negating skin tone as a restriction for light therapies.
LUCI≈ topicals are comprised of polyphenols and antioxidants to counter applied light energy oxidative stress as a comprehensive topicals-with-light solution.
Biohacking the Skin Surface to Optimize Light Therapies™
LUCI≈ Therapeutics, LLC Texas USA
US Pat. № 9474911 & Patents Pending
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