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For every iPhone app that actually serves a worthwhile purpose (even if that purpose is only to amuse the user), there are hundreds of useless offerings that are only meant to dupe unwitting shoppers. Technology has also given rise to an influx of "snakeoil" gadgets that weasel money out of gullible consumers with false promises. Dr. Greg Pearson has devised an iPhone app that, upon first inspection, definitely appears to tap into both of those dubious sales practices. His new 'AcneApp', which costs $1.99, apparently prevents pimples and reverses aging by bombarding the user's face with red and blue light. The blue light supposedly kills bacteria and the red light apparently acts as an anti-inflammatory so that purchasers can "treat their acne while talking on the phone."
It may sound ridiculous, but if the app works (given the phone habits of pimply faced youngsters), this could be the most ingenious union of two seemingly unrelated products since the marriage of baseball caps and cup-holders. [From: The Huffington Post]
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Subscribe to commentsleolux10Feb 11th 2010 7:56AM
Rubbish. If you fall for that crap, don't even bother getting back up. smh
leolux10Feb 11th 2010 7:57AM
Make that ''that crap app'. Yeah, I think that sounds better.
ebonkittehFeb 11th 2010 9:11AM
I don't know. It could be a possibility but not in any drastic amount. I had a bad case of acne a few years ago and I was a patient of Blue Light therapy (think of it almost like tanning but with a special UV light). It definitely helped but that was in a dark room (eye protection of course) as well as a small solution to help open the pores to help the light kill the bacteria. But used as a phone setting I'm skeptical. The treatment wouldn't work through makeup and it doesn't help to be walking around in normal light.
Angel ArtemisFeb 11th 2010 11:02AM
Sounds like a scam, or a placebo effect. I wouldn't buy it though, I'll stick to washing my face frequently and eating a good diet.
jennamon19Feb 11th 2010 11:53AM
Ha. This almost makes me want to but an iphone. Almost. I used to get a lot of acne when I was younger, but now I only get the rare pimple every now and then. You just need a healthy diet, sleep well, get some exercise, and use the right acne face wash the works for you and your acne should stay away. Now if they developed an app that REALLY gets rid of acne SCARS. Then I'd buy and iphone.
LissaFeb 11th 2010 1:36PM
If he can develop an app that would restore a teen's damaged brain cells from using the phone in the first place, that would be impressive!
AngelaFeb 11th 2010 2:35PM
If this was to really work, at what point does it become over use or over dose? I can see the headlines 5 years from now- "The AcneApp that was supposed to prevent pimples and reverse aging has now been found to cause cancer. Studies show...................."