Articles of category "Laser Therapy"

Everything that is old becomes new again. The history of treatments by the use of light proves these words. Light therapy has existed as long as the human society itself. Alexander the Great, Homer, and other famous historical persons have been treated by light. Many kings and other regal people had the special etiquette developed by sunbathing. And, regular people know that light has therapeutic properties that treat many chronic diseases. Today, the science offers us the newly developed method of light treatment called laser therapy or laser treatment. Here we talk about the history of laser therapy, laser safety, and laser treatment effectiveness.

Intense, narrow beams of laser light can cut and cauterize certain tissues in a small fraction of a second without damaging the surrounding healthy tissues. Laser therapy methods have been used to "weld" the retina, bore holes in the skull, vaporize lesions, and cauterize blood vessels. Light laser therapy , cold laser therapy techniques have also been developed for lab tests of small biological samples.