What the panel is
A Celluma LED panel is positioned over the area being treated for about fifteen minutes. There is no heat to speak of and nothing to feel beyond warmth.
The panel is flexible, so for body and pain work Dana molds it around the area — a knee, a shoulder — and it rests against the skin. For facial treatments it sits above the face and does not touch. Either way it is cleaned and sanitized between patients.
Eye protection is worn for facial treatments. It is not needed when the panel is on a knee or a back.
How it is booked
As an add-on to an acupuncture or microneedling visit. It is not booked on its own. Ask when you book, or mention it at the appointment.
The three panels
Dana runs the same Celluma system in three configurations, priced the same and booked the same way. Which one applies depends on what is being treated:
- LED light therapy for pain — molded around a joint, a shoulder or the lower back.
- LED light therapy for skin — set for facial use, usually alongside microneedling or facial acupuncture.
- LED light therapy for the body — the CONTOUR panel, over larger areas.
Being straight about it
Light therapy is a supporting treatment here. It is inexpensive, it is comfortable, and the evidence behind it is more modest than the marketing around LED devices generally suggests. Dana adds it because it is a reasonable use of fifteen minutes, not because it is the part doing the work. The treatment it is supporting is the acupuncture itself.
This is not a weight-loss treatment and Dana does not offer it as one. If that is what you are looking for, she is not the right person and will tell you so.