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How To Use LED Light Therapy Colors Summer to Winter?

2025-05-29 | Updated on: 2025-09-30

A gorgeous woman with dark hair and dark eyes, in a summer dress, in front of purple flowers, wearing a led face mask set on a purple light

The clinking of ice cubes in a tall, dripping glass, scattered umbrellas forming cool oases under the scorching heat, endlessly long days and even longer social engagement lists, sun-kissed skin, a mood-boosting bright sky, and warm evenings with short skirts and tanned legs. Or a cozy sweater, woolen scarf-cocooned faces, roaring fires, sledding, and sipping mulled wine, obviously practicing for the constant semi-tipsiness of the holiday period. If you're lucky enough to live in an area that has changing seasons, you've already figured out that what works for summer skincare does not cut it in winter and vice versa.

The skin is a living organ that adapts to its environment, and so should the skincare routines. In winter, the skin is drier, more fragile, and sensitive due to a combination of dehydrating cold air (Have you ever heard of freeze-drying?) outside and the dry, warmed air indoors, which can decimate your skin barrier and further steal moisture. During the warmer months, we need to focus on counteracting UV damage and photoaging, as well as heat, excessive sweat, and sebum-related issues such as breakouts and blemishes.

That’s why the anti-aging specialist FAQ™ Swiss brand, budded under the FOREO umbrella, is here to share top tips on how to get the most out of their global rejuvenating self-care hit, FAQ™ 202 Anti-Aging Silicone LED Mask, regardless of the mercury (the thermometer one, not the one that can go retrograde on you) oscillations.

We're here to learn about LED therapy and what each color does. Prevention finally tips the scales over licking (don’t do that) your (sunburned) wounds (or frostbites). People are more aware than ever that the cold can destroy the barrier, strip their natural moisture, or constrict blood vessels, making the skin dull, fragile, and lacking in oxygen and nutrients (it breathes not by lungs, but fresh blood delivery). They are also aware that the warm sun on their skin is actually radiation from the giant nuclear furnace gracing our skies. All of it, year over year of microdamage, accumulates into visibly deteriorated skin that looks much older than it should.

If you've ever been here with us before, you know we're not big fans of scalpels unless absolutely necessary and every surgical intervention carries risks (some more unnecessary than others). We’d much rather solve the problem with a non-invasive solution, such as LED light therapy, and understand how to use LED wavelengths properly so you can help yourself. FAQ™ 202, a flexi-fit silicone LED face mask, features eight wavelengths of LED light, each serving a different purpose and catering to some of the most common skin issues in summer. We are here to teach you the functions of these LED light therapy colors so you can become a master.

LED light therapy: What each color does

Red Light – Collagen Camp

Overexposure to direct UV radiation, as is the case with our summer conquests, can damage the skin by decreasing collagen and elastin production. Repeatedly destroying the proteins that keep your skin looking taut and youthful before your body can rebuild, leads to premature aging and visible fine lines and wrinkles. In the colder months when skin feels lifeless and drained, red light therapy helps by boosting circulation and supporting new collagen production—perfect for keeping skin plump and youthful above and below freezing point.

A woman dancing with a red light therapy mask

Orange Light – Healthy Radiance

An orange light is ideal for reviving lifeless skin that's struggling to reach a healthy balance, especially after suffering sun damage or cold overexposure. This therapy revives dull, tormented skin tone and enhances natural radiance. The easiest way to think of it is as a glow booster.

Cyan Light – No More Stress

Temporary inflammation, like swelling at the site of a cut, is usually a normal response from the immune system designed to keep you safe and healthy by funneling more resources to the area to fix the damage. But do you have swollen capillaries, and visibly tired and strung-out skin all of the time, and can't seem to get rid of it? This is what stress looks like on your skin. Cyan light therapy has anti-inflammatory powers that will soothe irritated, stressed-out skin, shrink capillaries, and promote healing, depuffing your skin and restoring balance and resilience.

Green Light – For the Hyperpigmentation Nation

One of the crown jewels of youthful, healthy skin is an even, clear, and radiant complexion, signaling that all of the defense mechanisms are working and that skin cells are well-fed, protected, and robust. Spots and blotches can come from all sorts of reasons, but hyperpigmentation and sunspots often worsen in the summer sun due to melanin's reaction to light exposure. Green LED light helps fade dark spots, even out blotchy skin tone, and treat dilated capillaries. It’s especially effective on the very visible and stubborn hyperpigmentation around the cheeks.

Green led light therapy, girl in translucent shirt and dark hair standing on swimming pool steps

Blue Light – Beauty not Breakouts

Skin can react unpredictably. If you keep using your lighter summer skincare when the temperature plummets, you may not have a protective layer against harsh conditions, especially if you'll be spending a lot of time frolicking in the snow or cold winds. The skin can dry out in the cold and then try to protect itself by compensating and overproducing sebum. It's self-preservation. It's doing nothing wrong, but you will get a breakout if it overcompensates. Also, rising temperatures, increased use of sometimes comedogenic SPF, or the effect of dehydrated yet oily skin (agh, this combo is a toughy to handle) can lead to clogged pores and breakouts. Blue LED light therapy is known for its antibacterial properties. It regulates oil production to stable, optimal levels and soothes inflammation, making it ideal for keeping summer acne, and flash-frozen-then-thawed skin acne, in check.

Purple Light – Cellular Renewal

Your SPF is not almighty, and yes, you should use it in winter too. This is not some old wives' tale. Many have returned with sunburnt faces from a skiing trip. Applying some protection might help you stay in direct sunlight for a bit longer without burning, but even with SPF, sun exposure creates free radicals (so do lifestyle choices, burnt and charred food, sugar....) that contribute to premature aging. These rascal rogue molecules need to be neutralized and their byproduct flushed out of the skin. Purple LED light supports and speeds up the skin’s natural regeneration process on a cellular level, helping to refresh the skin from within when it feels sluggish and unenergetic.

A woman reading on a cold night ina cozy room with candles treating her face with FAQ 202 light therapy mask

Yellow Light – Calming Sensitivity

There are people with skin so sensitive that it should be handled like fine crystal. Your skin may be sensitive in general, or the sensitivity may be a result of damage to the barrier caused by cold, heat, the wrong products, overexfoliation, harsh chemicals in skincare, medication, or lifestyle factors such as insufficient sleep or a lack of skin-supporting foods, or even damage to the gut microbiome. Sunburn, rosacea flare-ups, or seasonal sensitivity? We've all had one or an unfortunate combination of a few of these at some point. For very sensitive and reactive skin, especially with the first prolonged sun or cold exposure of the year, yellow light reduces redness, swelling, and inflammation, making it the go-to for hypersensitivity.

NIR Light – If Time is Catching up

NIR stands for near-infrared LED light, a light wavelength that is technically invisible, but is usually complemented with good red LED skincare devices, so you know that your invisible wavelength is on. Human eyes see up to 700nm, and a quality NIR treatment will be about 800nm or higher. NIR penetrates the skin deeper than any other color on this LED light mask and is the secret weapon behind the enhanced performance of the FAQ™ 202 that separates it from other LED light face masks on the market. NIR light firms, depuffs, and triggers natural renewal processes beneath the skin’s surface, making it ideal if you're noticing your lines and wrinkles deepening.

A gorgeous blond girl in a sleveless summer dress doing led light therapy

The Most Travel-friendly LED Light Therapy Colors Spectrum

FAQ™ 202 was created for real people with real needs who are interested only in LED light therapy results and the ultimate practicality. It will delight the avid traveler with design features like:

Ultra-lightweight: Just 169g—easy to pack and wear.
100% Wireless: Yes, you can even use it on the plane.
Made with transparent Flexi-fit silicone: Adapts comfortably to all face shapes and sizes like a second skin.
Open eye and mouth design: No sensation of claustrophobia, and you don’t have to be incapacitated during the treatment.
Travel Case: It fits in every bag and backpack and will be safely transported in its custom travel case.

FAQ™ Skincare For a Complete Summer Experience

Now you are familiar with LED light therapy color benefits for skin at every step of your fun in the sun or snow. FAQ™ Swiss also has a line of complementary cosmetics, developed as a synergistic complement to the FAQ™ 202 Anti-Aging Silicone LED Mask. For all of the overachievers who would like to get even more out of their FAQ™ 202 sessions, here is a rich, renewing topical, a translucent glass skin mask, and the fabulous HA microneedling patches for those deep creases that need some quick ironing out under the eyes, and midbrow were angry 11s love to dwell.

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So, what’s the secret to keeping your skin healthy, strong, and glowing? There is no secret. There is only knowledge; you need to know how to compensate for the damage. You need a strategy—the kind of skincare strategy that’s both science-backed, suitcase-ready, and summerishly and ski-resortishly brain-free. This is the FAQ™ 202 Anti-Aging Silicone LED Mask. Having gorgeous and luxurious anti-aging tools is not enough. You need to know how to use them to your advantage, know about LED light therapy, and know what each color does. We hope our brief guide will help you determine the optimal wavelength for your LED therapy, tailored to your skin's current needs.

Forget boxes of mysterious tinctures and 12-step routines that require a second carry-on. It’s not worth it, and you know it (you could have taken two more pairs of shoes). This year, your glow doesn’t come from chasing the sun but from mastering the light. So next time you’re basking poolside or sitting on a frindge of some faraway lost mountain, remember that packing light with a whole lot of foresight goes a long way. Stay curious, stay beautiful, and enjoy living in your skin.