英语杂谈：46 Light therapy device fights acne

Scientists know all about the therapeutics qualities of blue and red light. But until know, sufferers of acne have to go to hospital to benefit from it. But Lumie, the manufactures of this new LED device hope it would see light therapy moving to the home. The innovations manager Samira Cherrouk says the Lumie Clearer was designed for the IPod generation.

"So with that, the option, what the usual we do is take off the credo, use it with the charger, with the lead and treat the acne to the affected¹ area for 15 minutes at a time. But we know that our consumers will not have the time. So what we have designed? We designed the product that will fit back in the desk unit and be used while they are carrying out to do their activities."

Acne affects as many as three quarters of adolescents in the developed world. That is most serious. It can blight² lives, and leave emotional as well as physical scars according to Doctor Rakesh Patalay of Imperial College, London.

"It can cause anxiety, low mood, often can cause depression. So these are things that can really scar our adolescence³ if that's, if it is not that worse."

Researchers show treatment with red and blue light of the right frequency can reduce inflammation in spots by 75%, allowing that treatment to take place at home could put sufferers in the charge of their own condition.

"What this device enables patients to do is to go out, to take control by buying the product that has been showing to work, beyond to use that, usually in conjunction with some of the other treatments that will already be given."

That device will go on sale next month at a price of around 200 US dollars.

 

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 blight   

n.枯萎病；造成破坏的因素；vt.破坏，摧残

参考例句：

• The apple crop was wiped out by blight.枯萎病使苹果全无收成。
• There is a blight on all his efforts.他的一切努力都遭到挫折。

3 adolescence   

n.青春期，青少年

参考例句：

• Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
• The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。