Additionally, cavity loss may protect molecules from photodamage by altering the time the photoexcitation spends in a nuclear configuration prone to damage. In the work shown in Fig. , adapted from Ref. 339, a photorelaxation model is considered where a molecule is susceptible to photodamage when in a nuclear regime where intersystem crossing may occur (Fig. ). Outside the cavity, the photoexcitation has some probability to transfer to a conical intersection regime which allows relaxation and prevents photodamage. When this reaction is coupled to a lossy cavity, a speed-up of this relaxation occurs (Fig. (ii)) which enhances photoprotection. This speed-up is maximized at a particular Rabi splitting and a particular cavity loss rate. This result stands in contrast to the typical idea that a reaction rate change would be maximized or minimized at either very large or very small cavity loss rates.