Baby Quasar: Can you really take the salon home?

LED Skin treatments are one of the hottest facial rejuvenation treatments around currently. In clinics, salons and spas all over the US and clients have been reporting wonderful results.

Although LED skin treatments are among the most affordable of salon skin rejuvenation options – sessions will still set you back around £100 a piece and a full program can give you pause for thought in these cash poor times.

Home LED skin treatment devices have recently started to come on the market and – not surprisingly – there has been a lot of interest.

This article takes a look at one of the most talked about of the new portable LED devices – Baby Quasar. The makers of Baby Quasar – AdvanThera – make high spec professional LED skin treatment devices for clinics and spas and the Baby Quasar is a scaled down version of these.

The intention is that Baby Quasar lets you take the salon home – you can use it to replace your clinic treatments or – more likely – to maintain LED treatments between clinic visits. The unit doesn’t come cheap – at $449 but many of us would be prepared to make the investment provided Baby Quasar delivers what is promised.

“I’ve been using the Baby Quasar for about nine months and I simply love it….I really believe my skin is re-plumping. My face feels fuller and I have fewer wrinkles. People keep asking if I had surgery…” comment on skin care blog

First of all – let me state clearly that I haven’t used the Baby Quasar although I have recently had LED skin treatment in a clinic and was very impressed. I am considering getting a home LED device so this article is based on the research I do before buying – looking at skin care forums, magazine articles, clinical studies if available and user reviews.

Although it hasn’t been on the market that long – Baby Quasar – or Baby Q as it has become known – has picked up something of a cult following. There’s lots of chatter on the skin care forums and blogs and lots of it is positive.

“I am so impressed with this product. I saw results right away. Over the years, I’ve used almost everything. This works; and it’s healing, fast and clean. I recently had liposuction and an (unrelated), extensive repair surgery, with numerous complications. This works to reapir, tighten and heal my skin. I love it. It’s worth the money!” Review on skin care site

Baby Quasar appears to be a well built, solid piece of equipment – made of aircraft grade aluminium no less. Solid build is important as Baby Quasar is going to be used a lot and the last thing you want is to have to give it the kid gloves treatment. It’s meant to pamper you after all – not the other way round!

Twenty four LED’s are contained in the unit’s head which looks a little like a small hand held microphone. It has three settings: a continuous wave mode, low pulse and high pulse. The three settings matter so you can vary the light frequency on your skin and get the best results without overdoing things.

Baby Quasar uses different red and infrared wavelengths in a unique technology that the makers call ‘SequePulse’. According to the makers – 90% of their tested users saw immediate benefits and significant reduction in the signs of aging. These claims appear to be backed up by reviews.

You have to be prepared to take time to follow the procedure carefully – you divide your face into six areas each of which is treated in turn. Baby Quasar is applied to each area of your face for 2 minutes at a time. – you need to do all six areas of your face and then repeat the whole process with the higher pulse setting.

According to users a complete facial skin treatment with the Baby Quasar takes around 30 minutes and you would be doing this 2-3 times a week in maintenance mode.

LED light is bright and you shouldn’t look directly into the head but there is no need for goggles and no risks from the Baby Quasar at all. The LED unit is placed directly on the skin and your skin may go slightly pink – at the most. Some users also report feeling thirsty as LED skin treatments can stimulate lymphatic drainage. But that’s the worst you can expect.

The most difficult question is – will you stick with it? Using a hand held device like the Baby Quasar means committing yourself to 30 minutes out of your day several times a week doing something a bit boring. That’s an obvious disadvantage of a hand held – you’re pretty much tied up while you do it – you can’t even lie down and take a rest.

But the fact that Baby Quasar is hand held gives it the advantage of flexibility – and it is a BIG advantage. You can use it wherever you like (with a few exceptions obviously). Results for the Baby Quasar on hands and decollete seem to be very good – which is something that certainly appeals to me for the sun spots on my hands.

In fact positive results for Baby Quasar are being reported in many areas – including: more even skin tone, tighter skin, fading or eliminating pigmentation, less breakouts, reduced lines, reduced pores, plumper skin. Quite an impressive list – although obviously not all of them from every user!

How does the Baby Quasar do this? The same way all LED skin treatment works – by stimulating the production of collagen and increasing blood flow and circulation.

On balance – from the research I’ve done so far I am extremely tempted by the Baby Quasar. It’s a bit of an investment purchase – but I can weigh that against the cost of clinic treatments. I like the flexibility a unit like Baby Quasar gives me to treat any area and to be able to do it for myself at home – between or instead of trips to the skin clinic.

In the meantime – have you bought one? What are your impressions? Leave your review of Baby Quasar on this site and we’ll publish it.

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