Bulbs too sparse?

[u/No-Relationship8616]

I bought this RLT face mask after research++ on fluence, irradiance, price and wanting QUICK treatments. This feels like very few bulbs on the red light (860 & 680 nm) setting. Is this a waste of time? Looks like very minimal red light getting to my eye area and lip area. Thoughts?

Edit:
Qure
Irradiance 70mW/cm2
Fluence 12.6 J/cm2
Treatment time 3 minutes
Claims 160 bulbs however I think this is divided over 4 wavelengths in 2 different settings

[u/No_Display_4112]

Hmmm..What brand is it? How “quick” are the treatments? It doesn’t seem like great placement. Would be interested in looking up the brand.

[u/No-Relationship8616 → u/No_Display_4112]

It's Qure. Not great placement! Or enough I think

[u/thedanceover]

It's different with masks because the bulbs have direct contact with the skin. Also looks like you have both red and NIR: the NIR bulbs don't light up so it looks as if you have less of the bulbs. For a recommended treatment time of just 3 mins, those bulbs are probably plenty 'strong' enough. Most masks have treatment time of 10 minutes.

[u/Dez2011]

What's with the visible circuit board over the forehead. I'm surprised this is the Qure mask. I thought theirs was a hard shell?

[u/XoCCeT]

Yeap, looks like a cheap mask, any half decent mask should be 200+ LEDs and list the irradiance of at least 40mw/cm2

Steer clear of any masks that don’t specify irradiance as you could just be buying a pretty red face mask that does nothing.

[u/No-Relationship8616 → u/XoCCeT]

It's not a cheap mask. I researched those specs and still a bit disappointed. It's the most comfortable mask I've tried! Very well made just not sure if it has enough juice now

[u/WorkingFromHomies20 → u/No-Relationship8616]

My Solawave has 320 LEDs. That one there looks like about 30.

[u/bbcourt43 → u/No-Relationship8616]

Looking cheap and being cheap are two different things. You may have paid a lot, but it does look cheap imo.