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Does red light and infrared light help or hurt facial fat?

PATIENT.INFOFeb 10, 2021
I have an expensive, powerful infrared light device and I will be buying an equally powerful red light device that I want to use daily. I am getting a fat transfer to the face and I am worried that the powerful infrared lights will cause the fat transfer to metabolize as there have been studied showing infrared lights help get rid of stubborn fat. Thank your help!

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