7 Surprising Benefits of Red Light Therapy for Testosterone (Unlock Hormone Boost)

ByCaroline Bogart Updated on
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If Tucker Carlson told you to shine a light on your balls, would you do it? Carlson might be right about using light to increase testosterone, but the evidence is a bit sparse.

Takeaways:

Red light therapy for testosterone (by shining a therapy light on your balls) is safe and possibly effective at raising testosterone levels. So, using a red light therapy lamp the right way might help. I will show you how to buy a red light, where to put it, and how long to expose yourself.

Shining Red Light Therapy On The Balls

Men using red light therapy on the balls are reporting anecdotal testosterone increases. Biohacker Ben Greenfield said red light therapy to the balls increased his testosterone levels. Red light therapy is safe; ultraviolet light from the sun is a trickier question. Ultraviolet light, however, is not a toy.

Get The Right Dose

Dosing is critical to getting the job done. Too little or too much light will ruin the experiment. I will show you some shortcuts to getting the dosage just right.

How To Use Any Device For Ball Therapy

I will show you how to use any red light therapy device for the balls. I will give you a shortcut to determine your dosing distance and time per session. You’ll need a device with the correct wavelengths and the “irradiance” from that device’s specifications.

Step 1: Get a Red and Infrared Device

The Red Light Man Combo Mini is another good light for this task. It outputs red light (620 nm, 670 nm) and infrared light (760 nm, 830 nm).  The Red Light Man website says the bulb irradiance is 200 mW/cm^2 at 5 cm (200 milliwatts per square centimeter at a distance of 5 centimeters), or if you want to go 50 cm distance, then the irradiance changes to 20 mW/cm^2. Choose 50 cm to get the lamp as far away from your body as possible.

This is important to avoid heat, as we only want light photons, not the lamp’s heat. The first thing to do for Americans like me is to switch cm to inches. 50 cm is 19.69 inches, so let’s say 20 inches for the remainder of this tutorial. Now, use the calculator to find the time per session. The target joules are 5; the milliwatts are 20 (from the 20 mW/cm^2 at 50 cm).

The Combo Mini (click to view the bulb on Red Light Man’s website) emits 620 nm, 670 nm red, 760 nm, and 830 nm infrared. The 760 nm is a bit of a question mark for our purposes, but it will not harm us. The page says the irradiance is 200 mW/cm^2 at 5 cm and 20 mW/cm^2 at 50 cm. Since 50 is the greater of the two, we’ll calculate its milliwatts of 20.

Go to the calculator with the “5” for the target joules and “20” for the milliwatts at 50 cm. The calculator reports that your treatment time is 250 seconds, or 4.17 minutes, to get 5 joules while the light is 50 cm away. By the way, 50 cm is 19.69 inches. You can view/buy the Red Light Man Combo Mini on the Red Light Man website.

How to Do Red Light Therapy on the Balls with the Red Light Man Red-Infrared Combo Light

It is important to note that excessive red light therapy on your face may decrease extra collagen production, which is not harmful. However, using too much light on your testicles can cause them to heat up, and heat kills sperm. Since testicles are outside the warm body, they do not like heat, and if you feel warmth, it is advisable to reduce the exposure to light.

Use Distance to Reduce Heat

Red light therapy dilates blood vessels using the same nitric oxide vasodilation mechanism as Viagra. So, there’s a good chance that red light therapy will increase testosterone and improve erections. It’s an educated guess but not a fact. Use distance to protect your balls from heat. Use the time to get more photons. Use the treatment time calculator to determine the time per session. Have fun!

References

  • Myerson, Abraham. Influence of Ultraviolet Irradiation Upon Excretion of Sex Hormones in the Mail. Journal of Endocrinology, 1939. https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-25-1-7
  • Sullivan ME, Thompson CS, Dashwood MR, Khan MA, Jeremy JY, Morgan RJ and Mikhailidis DP.  Nitric oxide and penile erection: Is erectile dysfunction another manifestation of vascular disease? Cardiovascular Research, Volume 43, Issue 3, August 1999, Pages 658-665, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00135-2
  • Salman Yazdi R, Bakhshi S, Jannat Alipoor F, Akhoond MR, Borhani S, Farrahi F, Lotfi Panah M, Sadighi Gilani MA. Effect of 830-nm diode laser irradiation on human sperm motility. Lasers Med Sci. 2014 Jan;29(1):97-104. doi: 10.1007/s10103-013-1276-7. Epub 2013 Feb 14. PMID: 23407899.

Caroline helps people find comfort and relief using red light therapy, pain relief devices and mobility scooters. She understands how challenging chronic pain can be and so is passionate about introducing people to tools that can make a real difference.

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