NEW Kickstarter Campaign: FAQ™ 500 Full-Spectrum Red Light Skincare

Reality is sometimes a strange mistress. We all know how things should be and what magic wand we need (in skincare and otherwise) to fix things, but the wand is nowhere to be found. It doesn't exist and has never been brought to fruition from the realm of ideas. We're not really sure if it is even possible (and would rather outsource the responsibility of finding out, because true creation is difficult and time-consuming). The leading medical skin-tech brand, FOREO, accepted this never-been-done-before challenge and, under its anti-aging sister brand FAQ™ Swiss, debuted the FAQ™ 500 collection Kickstarter campaign - crowd sourcing the momentum of transition into a new reality of the world’s 1st full-spectrum red light therapy devices, mimicking the entire beneficial part of the solar spectrum without any harmful rays. 
 

FOREO is not a Kickstarter newbie. It returns to a platform where it launched into the stratosphere once previously in 2018 with the UFO™ campaign that raised over $1.5 million from nearly 9,500 backers, ending up over 7,800% above target. This reaction reflects the powerful connection between beauty-tech enthusiasts and FOREO’s visionary approach to premium devices that work in harmony with our bodies.

Once the border of the impossible is broken, industries and lives get revolutionized. So, we're here today calling all of you - early adopters, explorers of the unusual, seekers of those finer things in life, new tech shrine worshipers, and those refusing to take the current possibilities as the final ones - to join the FAQ™ 500 collection Kickstrater campaign. The campaign reached its 20,000 goal in just three days, showing that people are still ready to jump in at the ground zero of innovation. Saving a huge chunk of change while being the first to enjoy pro-level comprehensive light-based rejuvenating skincare is not a bad deal either. The Kickstarter platform is actually ideal to present something so new to the global ear, as Filip Sedić, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at FOREO, says:

“Choosing Kickstarter for this launch allows FOREO to communicate the full depth of this innovation directly to a global community of early adopters, tech-savvy consumers, and beauty-tech lovers. While traditional launch campaigns often limit how much can be shared about a product’s inner workings, Kickstarter offers the opportunity to educate and engage, not just sell. For devices as technologically advanced as FAQ™ 500 collection, Kickstarter allows us to deliver a more meaningful introduction, one that resonates with consumers who value innovation, performance, and being first to experience the future of skincare.”

Still, anyone can just clamour on about a revolution in this and that till their lungs give out, so we'd much rather talk about the scientific scaffolding behind the revolutionary approach, and this is exactly what we're going to do.

What does the science say?

Fixing its glasses down there by the test tubes, science says that the sun is king for biological organisms on this planet. From fine-tuning the circadian rhythms, preserving your sanity, making your food grow, and helping your body detox and strengthen its immune system, the list goes on longer than a Friday afternoon lecture on a gorgeous (sunny) day. The energy from the sun is right up there with the bare necessities such as food, water, and sleep, and this giant nuclear furnace in the sky was rightfully adored as a good by the ancients.

Nothing in this existence is entirely black or white (technically, black and white don't exist if you ask photons, but that's a whole other story). Even this brightest object in our vicinity has its dark side. The sun's rays include a broad range of wavelengths - from ultraviolet (UV) to visible light, and infrared (IR). Red and near-infrared (NIR) light are the most beneficial to our skin, cells, and overall biology. To us living in our macro universe, it seems somewhat strange to think about the workings of the micro and nano worlds, where light does anything other than help you avoid cutting your finger while chopping a cabbage head or tripping over a toy in a dark hallway. Still, it has been proven that red and NIR wavelengths of light pierce right to the cellular level to:
 

• Stimulate cellular energy (ATP) production
• Support tissue repair and regeneration
• Boost collagen synthesis and skin health

So yes, we want to be in the sun, a thousand times yes. But there is a problem with overexposure, as anyone who has ever stared at their poor sunburned self in that mirror knows. You will get punished with skin and DNA damage if you try to force the sun to only give you the benefits (and a tan).  

The rise of red light therapy

By isolating the healing frequencies without harm, red LED therapy has become very popular in skincare and medicine. It took the proven-to-work beneficial wavelength and created the narrow-band LEDs that only emit one or two wavelengths of red or near-infrared light. This is very helpful for states such as skin repair, wound healing, and managing inflammatory states. Although beneficial, this approach is also incomplete as the sun's wavelengths work synergistically. It's like using a single vitamin over and over again versus a complex or perfectly calibrated multivitamin. A single vitamin may help if that's the one you're lacking, but you're far more likely to hit your nutritional gaps and get far better outcomes with a multivitamin.

So yes, use red light therapy by all means. It is a safe and effective alternative to more invasive approaches, but consider what a full, broad, and narrow spectrum of sunlight combined, without the harmful UV and blue light elements that contribute to aging, distorted pigmentation, and inflammation, can do. This means that you can get all the healing benefits of sunlight - minus the sunburn.

FAQ™ 500: Broad and narrow-spectrum together

There is nothing foreign being introduced to your body with the FAQ™ 500 devices. Your skin and cells already know what to do with light and how to use the energy from the sun to repair, rejuvenate, heal, and rebuild its tissues and systems. The interplay of full-spectrum light targets the root causes of skin aging at a cellular level, whether you need help minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, addressing pigmentation irregularities, or reducing texture and redness.

The revolution lies in the fact that FAQ™ 500 is the first at-home device to use both broad-spectrum light and narrow-spectrum light technologies to deliver a biologically rich light environment – inspired by sunlight, but scientifically refined. While traditional red light only targets specific layers with 650 - 700 nm, FAQ™ 500 covers a much larger portion of the spectrum from 590 nm to 1200 nm, reaching both the epidermis and deeper layers of skin for stronger and longer-lasting skin rejuvenation results. 

This is what allows it to optimize results across multiple skin layers and at precise depths, because surface skin aging is only the end result we see due to the deterioration of various layers below. The new collection is not just red light therapy but an evolved form– designed to work with your skin’s natural biology, not just on it.

So for the young in mind and heart who want their skin to match their heart and soul, for the techy futurists and wholistic non-invasive healing fans, for those who want to learn more, or those who only want a discount once the FAQ™ 500 collection hits, feel free to explore the Kickstarter campaign and join us in finding new ways to be and love ourselves. Stay curious, stay gorgeous, and enjoy living in your skin.