Dennis Gross: LED light stimulates fibroblast cells to produce collagen
Dr. Dennis Gross · Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare: Dennis and Carrie Gross · Mar 24, 2025 · at 41:10
Dermatologist and founder Dr. Dennis Gross explains the scientific mechanism behind LED light therapy devices.
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“There's receptors in the skin, in the cells that produce the collagen, the fibroblast cell, and it turns on the production of collagen. It stimulates them, and as we get older, the amount of collagen we make Diminishes.”
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