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The Weekend Arjen Helder Opened the Machine
The Weekend Arjen Helder Opened the Machine
Over two days in Chiang Mai, engineer Arjen Helder and industrial designer Ken Chuang sat down to shape Helder 2. What began as a product design meeting became something larger:... Read more...
Why Bad Marketing Will Kill Red Light Therapy Before Bad Science Does
Why Bad Marketing Will Kill Red Light Therapy Before Bad Science Does
Red light therapy is having a moment. But as the ads multiply, so do the inflated numbers. Every blanket on the market leads with the same impressive power claim —... Read more...
AriHelder, Senses Massage & Spa, and the Birth of Red Light Wellness in Chiang Mai
AriHelder, Senses Massage & Spa, and the Birth of Red Light Wellness in Chiang Mai
AriHelder may have found the perfect first spa partner in Chiang Mai. After meeting with Gift from the owner family behind Senses Massage & Spa, it became clear that red... Read more...
AriHelder 2 Update: Sunset-Like Light, Dark Mode, and the Road Toward Launch in Thailand
AriHelder 2 Update: Sunset-Like Light, Dark Mode, and the Road Toward Launch in Thailand
AriHelder 2 is moving closer to launch in Thailand. In this update, Arjen and Christian discuss the new LED blend inspired by sunset light, Dark Mode for near-infrared use without... Read more...
Arjen Helder Answers the Questions Most Manufacturers Won't
Arjen Helder Answers the Questions Most Manufacturers Won't
Arjen Helder designed the PCB inside the Helder 2. In this multi-part Q&A filmed at our bench in Chiang Mai, he answers the technical questions most red light device companies... Read more...
What We Learned at Women's WELLfest 2026
What We Learned at Women's WELLfest 2026
We came expecting a crowd. We left with fifty genuine conversations, six devices running all weekend, and a lesson about what honesty does in a room full of promises. Read more...
FlexBeam Study: What the Science Found Inside Your Cells
FlexBeam Study: What the Science Found Inside Your Cells
Before AriHelder, we built the FlexBeam. Arjen did the PCB engineering and optical design. So when Recharge Health published a study measuring direct mitochondrial function using that device, we read... Read more...
Your Body Is Starving for This Kind of Light
Your Body Is Starving for This Kind of Light
A German physician and light researcher just published a paper explaining what modern lighting stripped from your biology — and why your cells have been running on empty ever since. Read more...
We Claim No Benefits
We Claim No Benefits
The red light market gives you three options: cheap devices with big claims, expensive devices with big claims, or us — a precisely engineered device with no claims at all.... Read more...
We Built the FlexBeam. Now We're Building Something Better.
We Built the FlexBeam. Now We're Building Something Better.
AriHelder delivers 10W red light therapy for under ฿5,000. Built by a world-class engineer and a creative founder — no investors, no app. Just a lamp. Read more...
Red Light Therapy – The Light Treatment Everyone Is Talking About
Red light therapy has gone from a niche clinic treatment to an everyday tool people use at home for beauty, recovery, and general wellbeing. It works by delivering red and near-infrared light to the skin, where that light energy is absorbed by the mitochondria inside cells. Unlike UV light, red and near-infrared light are not used to damage the skin. Instead, the goal is to support natural cellular processes linked to healthier-looking skin, circulation, and recovery. Part of the reason it’s become so popular is simply that it fits modern... Read more...
The History of Red Light Therapy, and the Science Behind It
The History of Red Light Therapy, and the Science Behind It
Most people discover red light therapy through skincare or recovery. But the story starts much earlier: a surprising lab observation in the 1960s, decades of PBM research, and later the... Read more...