Many world famous universities and research centers have published articles about the effectiveness of low level laser acupuncture therapy. I am including here a few from Oxford University, University of Tel Aviv, Times magazine, and at the end a link where you can buy your own laser. It sounds like magic but as a matter of fact it’s very scientifically based. A healthy cell has a wavelength of 635 nm (a nanometer is a measure of one billionth of a meter). These lasers have the same wavelength, thus bringing the cell by contact with its light to its optimal range, where it can heal and restore its energy. The laser penetrates three layers of skin. A regular laser pointer, the ones used for presentations wouldn’t work, because its wavelength is too high, and it would take the cells out of range on the other direction. As with any laser, it is important to avoid looking directly into the beam, don’t point at eyes, and use eye protection to work on points in the face close to the eyes. Laser therapy has been effectively used to treat acne, psoriasis, tendonitis, pain, migraine, arthritis, wrinkles (by encouraging your own collagen production), and other conditions. Sometimes the too good can be true!
Family Practice Vol. 8, No. 2, 168-170
© Oxford University Press 1991
research-article
Acupuncture: From Needle to Laser
TZE WAI WONG* and KAM PUI FUNG
*Senior Lecturer, Department of Community and Family Medicine, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong
Practising Paediatrician
“Acupuncture has been used in the treatment of a variety of illnesses for more than
2000 years. The practice of acupuncture is based on a theoretical system different
from our understanding of human anatomy and physiology, and has developed
through experience and observation. Stimulation of selective acupoints (situated
along ‘meridians’ in the body) by inserting needles is believed to restore bodily
functions by promoting the flow of ‘vital energy’, throughout the system. Other
forms of stimulation which have been developed are heat, electrical stimulation,
magnetism and, recently, laser. Laser acupuncture offers distinct advantages over
the traditional method because the procedure is pain-free and non-traumatic.
Clinical applications include the control of pain in osteoarthritis, lumbago and
migraine, and anaesthesia for certain surgical procedures, as well as other ailments
of the cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous systems. The technique is easy to
learn and there is no need for sophisticated instruments. Thus it is especially useful
in developing countries where health resources are limited.”
From Times Online
October 24, 2003
Lasers promise light relief from teenage misery of acne
By Oliver Wright
ACNE, long the curse of teenagers, could be cured by a treatment first developed
to iron out wrinkles, according to doctors at a London hospital.
Laser therapy normally used in private beauty salons has been tested at the
Hammersmith Hospital in West London on 30 patients who were suffering mild to
moderate acne.
Within 12 weeks their acne had halved, while those on a dummy treatment showed
no improvement. Those with the most severe symptoms displayed the most striking
improvement, mostly within the first month of treatment. This is significantly faster
than most conventional antibiotic treatments, which can take as long as eight
months to work.
Acne is the most common skin disease, affecting more than 90 per cent of
adolescents, and a large number of people in their forties and fifties.
The study, published in today’s Lancet, showed that a single five-minute session
could have a dramatic effect on acne for up to 12 months.
Doctors used a treatment called pulse dye laser therapy in which the affected area
is exposed to short bursts of light. The process had been used to combat wrinkles
as it is known to stimulate the production of collagen.
Tony Chu, the dermatologist who led the trial, said that it was being used on acne
scarring when doctors realised that it appeared to have an effect on “live” acne as
well.
“We were brought in to see if the anecdotal evidence worked in a clinical trial and
we found out it was very successful,” he said. “However, we still do not know
exactly how it works and that is an area we are now working on.”
Dr Chu said that the spots of one patient taking part in the trial disappeared
altogether. Several others lost up to 70 or 80 per cent of their acne.
The treatment, which is already available in some private clinics, costs £300 a
session. Dr Chu added that if their latest research was successful an application
might be made to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence for the treatment to
be covered by the NHS.
“This treatment appears to be showing the same kind of efficacy as antibiotics, but
without the potential side effects,” he said. “What we need to do now is see if it
works as well on acne around other parts of the body, and work out the treatment
which is most clinically effective.”
In an accompanying commentary Guy Webster, a dermatologist from Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, said that the treatment could well be cost-effective
in the longer term. “The possibility that laser treatment is effective in acne is
important in health economics terms,” he said. “Infrequent treatments that make
drugs unnecessary would benefit all concerned — except drug companies,” he said.
“But more work is needed, both to confirm the clinical benefit and best regimen
and to elucidate its mechanism.”
However, many patients are already enthusiastic. Rachel White, 21, from Ely,
Cambridgeshire, paid for the treatment, known commercially as NLite, after
antibiotics and creams failed to cure her acne. “It got quite bad sometimes,” she
said. “I couldn’t go out without putting on a lot of make-up. I tried all sorts of
remedies, but although they helped a bit, they didn’t really work.
“This treatment literally takes only five minutes. I got better with each treatment.
Now there’s no scaling and the spots are much less prominent. On good days I
don’t have any spots at all, it’s completely clear. Otherwise there’s just one or two,
and they’re very small. I feel much more confident.”
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