A full-body LED Red Light Therapy bed built with 32 dual-wavelength LED lamps: 660 nm red and 835 nm near-infrared. Zero UV. No tan, no burn. Just the two wavelengths the research keeps coming back to.
In fall 2025 SFF converted a full-body bed to all-LED Red Light Therapy. These are the real numbers, not a brochure.
Visible deep red. Most of it is absorbed in the first few millimeters, where your skin's collagen-making cells (fibroblasts) live. This is the wavelength behind most of the skin research.
Invisible to your eye (you may feel gentle warmth). Near-infrared travels farther through tissue than red, toward muscle and the areas around joints. This range is the focus of most of the recovery and soreness research.
The science name is photobiomodulation. Here is the chain of events, from the bed to your mitochondria.
Red and near-infrared sit in the "optical window": wavelengths that pass through skin instead of bouncing off or being swallowed by water and blood.
Inside nearly every cell, mitochondria make your energy. One of their enzymes, cytochrome c oxidase (the last step of the energy chain), absorbs light in exactly these red and near-infrared bands.
Stressed or tired cells build up nitric oxide that sits on that enzyme and slows it down. The leading explanation is that light knocks it loose, so oxygen gets used efficiently again.
With the enzyme running freely, mitochondria produce more ATP, the energy currency every repair job in the body runs on.
A brief, small burst of signaling molecules tells the cell to turn on repair and protection genes, and the released nitric oxide helps local blood flow.
More is not better. Light therapy follows a "biphasic dose response": a moderate dose helps, and much longer exposure can cancel the benefit. That's why sessions are timed, and why consistency beats marathon sessions.
Honest summaries of the published research, not miracle claims. Results vary from person to person.
In a controlled trial using full-body red and near-infrared units, much like this bed, participants showed improved skin feel, fewer fine lines and wrinkles, and higher collagen density on ultrasound compared with controls.
Wunsch & Matuschka, 2014A meta-analysis of studies on light therapy around exercise found improved performance and less post-exercise muscle damage and soreness, especially when light was applied before training.
Leal-Junior et al., 2015Reviews of the research describe reduced markers of inflammation and use for temporary relief of minor muscle and joint aches. It supports recovery; it doesn't replace medical care.
Hamblin, 2017Warm, quiet, and done lying down. Pair it with the sauna (every membership) for a full recovery routine after hard training.
SFFBecause these lamps emit zero ultraviolet, red light doesn't tan or burn. Want UV and red light together? That's the Solar Force 652V Combo (VIP).
Lamp specificationUnlimited dedicated Red Light Therapy sessions are included only with the Platinum membership, along with the Sunboard XTT.
SFF membership termsNo. The lamps produce zero UV. If you want a tan with red light, that's the Solar Force 652V Combo with VIP.
You'll feel gentle warmth, mostly from the near-infrared. It's nothing like a sauna or a UV bed.
They line up with the absorption bands of cytochrome c oxidase, the light-absorbing enzyme in your mitochondria, and they cover both shallow (skin) and deeper (muscle) tissue.
It varies. Many people say they feel relaxed right away; the skin studies measured changes over weeks of regular sessions.
Platinum members. Ask the front desk about upgrading.
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Red Light Therapy at SFF is a wellness service, not medical treatment. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Results vary.
Unlimited dedicated Red Light Therapy comes with Platinum, along with the Sunboard XTT, unlimited tanning, classes and every sauna.
