It’s not working

When you look at yourself in the mirror each morning, which of these three things do you say?
-Holy cow I’m getting old?
-I wish I had enough money to get my eyelids done?
-I just look better and better every day?

I’m fortunate that my eye’s are deteriorating at the same rate my skin is, so maybe I can’t see the difference. Or my brain adjusts what my eye’s see in direct proportion to how much time I have in the morning to get ready.

Over the years of business we’ve had people return our light therapy product and say it didn’t work for skin improvement. We’ve had many discussions on why that is. Did they get a faulty device. We’ve tested some of the devices that came back and they work the same as the others. We diagnose how they are using the system. The amount of time they used, how close to the skin, what else are they doing, creams, are they damaging it faster than helping it, blah blah blah.

If we remove the set of people that just like to buy things and return them (some come back unopened), then….

I really think I have the answer.

We did a 10 week clinical test, while all of the people had positive results, many of them said they didn’t see big results. It was kind of discouraging until we looked at the evidence. The pictures taken before they started and after. We could see big improvement. Real visual improvement.

But they didn’t see it each week, and never responded that way.

So what’s the difference?

We see ourselves every day. How can we possible see an improvement, if it takes 8-10 weeks to see it? We can’t look at the original, then the end result side by side. Well how come others seem like they can? Well can they? Are they just those kind of people that are positive to the point of irritation?

It took 20 years for the wrinkles to show up, but somehow we expect we will see them go in days.

What can we do? Well, here are some things you can do.

1. Set your expectations realistically. Choosing a healthy natural improvement method means your body has to work for the improvement. That takes time. You’re not surgically cutting away skin, burning it with chemicals, or injecting stuff into the muscle. Light will kick start your body, but your body still needs time to work.

2. Don’t look at yourself with a magnifying glass every day. Most diets tell you not to weigh each day, because it’s depressing. You go up and down every day, as your body fights against what your trying to do. Most people see skin texture improvements fairly quickly, but the deeper issues are going to take time.

3. Don’t let your brain tell you this can’t work. Don’t let people, or your preconceived notions thinking this is just simple light, talk you out of your improvements. There is science and now a lot of history behind the technology. It works. Sometimes we over think things.

4. All skin types are different and skin damage is different. Yours might take different amounts of time depending on what you want fixed.

5. Be realistic in what’s possible. I’ll never look like Fabio. Not sure if I could handle all that hair. No device on the planet will fix some things with me. I must accept the things that I can change, and overlook the things I can’t.

6. Consider having someone take high quality pictures of your face, both sides and straight on. Then compare real information. Take pictures on first couple weeks on ending couple weeks just to be sure. Things like outside temperature, skin temperature, water retention, time of day, stress, fatigue, light levels, just to name a few, all play factors in skin comparisons.

Anyways, it is working. Always keep in mind, your helping your body.

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