New iPhone App for Treating Acne

Saturday January 16, 2010
You really can do anything with your iPhone! Even treat acne.
Yes, you read that right. Apparently, there is a new iPhone app you can purchase that supposedly helps you clear acne as you talk on the phone. Blown away? I was too.
Called AcneApp, it's meant to turn your iPhone into a miniature version of a professional light treatment. Once on, the iPhone will alternately send out both blue and red light, in theory zapping zits while you chat with your BFF. AcneApp is the brain-child of Houston based dermatologist, Greg Pearson, MD.
The idea behind AcneApp is based in science. Many dermatologists use blue light therapy to treat acne. It's thought to kill the bacterium that contribute to acne breakouts. Red light therapy can be used to treat inflammation.
But before you get to excited over this latest innovation, know that effectiveness of AcneApp has not been proven, and it isn't FDA approved. There is also no way of knowing the specific wavelength coming from your own iPhone.
Skeptical? I am. But I am totally intrigued by the concept. And who knows? Maybe in the future we will be treating many medical conditions with our cell phones.



http://acne.about.com/b/2010/01/16/n...ating-acne.htm