- Use red light wavelengths of 630, 660, 830, and 850 nm together to target different aspects of thyroid healing, from boosting circulation to repairing tissue damage.
- A 47% medication reduction occurred in a clinical study where patients used red light therapy twice weekly for just 5 weeks, with results sustained at 6-year follow-up.
- Your red light device must contact your skin directly and provide 50 milliwatts per centimeter squared of power to be effective for thyroid gland penetration.
- Follow a protocol of 5 sessions per week for 20 minutes during an 8-week therapy phase, then transition to maintenance with 1-2 sessions weekly.
Red doesn’t just boost your thyroid, it rejuvenates it.
Because of where the thyroid sits on your body, you can easily bathe it in red light [1], which penetrates deep into thyroid gland tissues, providing a restorative effect.
The result? You can improve thyroid function in an all-natural way that is unlike any other therapy available.
Here’s how it works:
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It may not seem like much, but this matters a lot.
Blood flow to the thyroid gland is absolutely critical for 100% function.
Blood brings the nutrients that your thyroid gland needs to create thyroid hormone [2], and blood flow out of the gland takes thyroid hormone that has just been created to the tissues that need it.
This wavelength enhances all other treatments you’re currently using for your thyroid.
2. 660 nm Red Light and Mitochondrial Function
At this wavelength, light activates your mitochondria, which function as the battery for your thyroid gland.
Your thyroid has a huge demand for energy because it’s creating one of the most important hormones in your body.
Light in the 660 nm range acts as a natural stimulant to your mitochondria [3], which means your thyroid has energy to:
- Create more thyroid hormone
- Protect itself by creating glutathione
- And repair damaged thyroid tissue
Both 630 and 660 are great, but the real magic happens with these next two wavelengths…
3. 830 nm Near-Infrared Light and Thyroid Tissue
This wavelength starts to penetrate into the thyroid gland itself, where it stimulates the tissue itself [4].
The net effect is a reduction in inflammation and a restoration of tissues that have been damaged.
This effect is huge for thyroid patients because the majority of thyroid disease is caused by direct damage to the thyroid gland itself.
When you start to repair or fix that damage, you get true root cause healing and a reduced need for thyroid medication.
The final wavelength is 850nm.
4. 850 nm Near-Infrared Light and Tissue Repair
This wavelength is considered near infrared, and it maximizes tissue repair and thyroid hormone production.
The result? Your thyroid becomes more efficient at producing T4 and T3 thyroid hormones directly from your gland.
In addition, it’s at this wavelength that you start to see changes to your immune system, which helps to lower thyroid antibodies.
Each of these wavelengths is important on its own, but when used together, they start to provide true thyroid gland healing and rejuvenation.
Red Light Benefits on The Thyroid Gland
And this isn’t some theoretical concept, either.
These are research-backed benefits.
One randomized controlled study of 43 women [5] with Hashimoto’s who underwent red light therapy was able to obtain the following results:
- 47% reduced their dose of thyroid medication by over 25%, so that’s a one-quarter drop in their medication need.
- 13% were able to stop their medication entirely, representing about 1 in 8 patients.
- And, these benefits were sustained at a 6-year follow-up. Which means, they had a lasting impact.
What’s interesting is that in this study, these women only used one wavelength twice per week for 5 weeks.
This is significantly less than what I recommend to thyroid patients, which suggests to me they probably could have had much better results if they used multiple wavelengths with more sessions per week and for a longer period of time.
The bottom line is that red light has been proven to:
- Lower thyroid antibodies
- Increase T4 and T3 levels naturally
- Reduce the need for thyroid medication
- Reduce inflammation in the thyroid gland
- Repair damaged thyroid gland tissue
Getting these results is not as hard as you think, but it does require using the right type of device:
The Best Red Light Device for Thyroid Patients
The first thing you need to know is that for your thyroid, you want a red light device to come into direct contact with your skin.
This concentrates the power of the red light straight into your thyroid gland and prevents the diffusion of light that occurs when it’s farther away.
So don’t bother using high-powered red light stands or devices that aren’t in contact with your skin.
The next step is to use the right wavelengths.
We already discussed what those are, but I’ll remind you here as well. They are 630, 660, 830, and 850.
Preferably, you will use all of them together as they each do something different for your thyroid.
Next up? The power output of the device is also referred to as irradiance.
For your thyroid, you want an irradiance of 50 milliwatts per centimeter squared. If a device doesn’t mention its power output, you can safely assume it’s of low quality.
And finally, you want something that will cover your entire thyroid gland, something that wraps around the base of your neck, the sides, and goes all the way up to your chin.
If a device doesn’t meet all of these specs, you aren’t going to get the results you are looking for.
This is exactly why I created the Thyro Light.
I wanted to get results for my thyroid patients, but none of the devices out there met the specifications.
So I did the research and created one specifically designed for thyroid patients.
The Thyro Light is a targeted, wearable device that is engineered to meet every single specification required for thyroid gland healing and rejuvenation.
It sits directly on the skin where it sends red light deep into your thyroid gland tissue, at just the right wavelengths, and at just the right power, to give your thyroid exactly what it needs for repair.
The only thing left is the protocol:
The Thyroid Red Light Therapy Protocol
This part couldn’t be simpler. Over a thousand thyroid patients are using my Thyro Light daily with this exact protocol:
- 1 session a day (5 days a week) for 20 minutes.
- 5 sessions a week for 8 weeks (therapy phase).
- This is followed by a maintenance phase of 1-2 sessions per week to maintain your results and continue them.
- As needed, you can go back to the therapy phase to manage flare-ups or symptoms that get out of control.
That’s it. Follow these instructions, and you’ll be well on your way to healing your thyroid gland.
If you’re tired of generic red lights that aren’t designed for your thyroid, then my Thyro Light is perfect for you.
And if you don’t want to use my device, that’s fine too. Just make sure you find something that is as close to the specs that I mentioned above.
But let me tell you something from experience:
Don’t expect to get the same results. Red light panels and wands may provide some benefit, but they will never give you the full set of results that you will get from a specifically designed thyroid red light.
Ready to try red light for your thyroid? Click this link to get started.
Scientific References
1. Lanzafame R (2020). Light Dosing and Tissue Penetration: It Is Complicated. Photobiomodulation, photomedicine, and laser surgery. doi:10.1089/photob.2020.4843.
2. Lee YI, et al. (2021). The Use of a Light-Emitting Diode Device for Neck Rejuvenation and Its Safety on Thyroid Glands. Journal of clinical medicine. doi:10.3390/jcm10081774.
3. Hossein-Khannazer N, et al. (2022). Low-Level Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Autoimmune Thyroiditis. Journal of lasers in medical sciences. doi:10.34172/jlms.2022.34.
4. Calderhead RG, et al. (2015). Adjunctive 830 nm light-emitting diode therapy can improve the results following aesthetic procedures. Laser therapy. doi:10.5978/islsm.15-or-17.
5. Höfling DB, et al. (2018). Safety and Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy in Autoimmune Thyroiditis: Long-Term Follow-Up Study. International journal of endocrinology. doi:10.1155/2018/8387530.
Thank you! Would this be helpful for postpartum thyroiditis? I’m 5 months PP with hyper symptoms and very low TSH/ high free T4. Thanks!
You talk about how you’ve created this red light to treat the thyroid but yet you don’t show a link to how we can get this why?
Hi Dreama,
There is a link to the product at the end of the blog post, but I will make sure to make it more obvious. In the meantime, you can find it here: https://www.restartmed.com/product/thyro-light/
What about the immune system that is attacking the thyroid in the first place? How does red light treatment on the thyroid stop the immune system from continuing to attack it? Don’t we need to calm down the immune system first before any lasting healing can take place for the thyroid?
Hey Karen,
Great question! You’re right that the immune system is a big part of the picture in Hashimoto’s, but there’s more to it: red light therapy actually does address the immune component directly. It’s not just healing thyroid tissue while the immune system continues to destroy it.
Studies on photobiomodulation (the technical term for red light therapy) and the thyroid have shown that it can reduce TPO and thyroglobulin antibodies, which are the markers of immune system attack on the thyroid. One of the most cited studies (from Hofling et al.) showed significant reductions in TPO antibodies in Hashimoto’s patients after a course of low-level laser therapy.
The mechanism appears to work on multiple levels simultaneously. Red light therapy reduces local inflammation and oxidative stress in the thyroid gland, modulates immune cell activity (particularly by shifting the immune response away from the Th1 dominance seen in Hashimoto’s), and improves mitochondrial function in thyroid cells so they can better recover and produce hormones.
So it’s less of a “heal the thyroid while ignoring the immune system” situation and more of a “calm the immune attack while also supporting thyroid recovery” situation.
Both things are happening at the same time.
That said, you’re absolutely on the right track in thinking about the immune system. Addressing root causes of immune dysregulation (like gut health, nutrient deficiencies, stress, etc.) alongside red light therapy is going to give you the best results.
I hope that clarifies. If you have any other questions, let me know!
What if the thyroid has been removed?
Can red light therapy of the thyroid be harmful if your doctor suspects my nodules are cancerous? I was worried it could worsen things if it’s given more blood flow. I have chosen not to remove my thyroid because they can’t confirm 100% it’s cancerous without removing my thyroid. I’m a very natural person and don’t want to be dependent on medicines to live. I’ve given it to God.