Saturday, September 17, 2011

Medical Applications of Lasers

Different kinds of lasers have different uses when in comes to the field of medicine, the convenience and ease that these gadgets provide are a definite leap when it comes to the advancement of healing, surgery and cure.

A common incorrect notion is that basic high power green lasers have the application for healing or treating small cuts and notch. The fact is, if the laser is powerful enough, the only thing it can do is cauterize if not bum it, this actually reduces the possibility of infection but when it bums the area, there could be more harm than good that it can do.

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Now another wonder in the field of lasers is that infrared laser pointers provide advancement in the treatment of soft tissue injuries like bruises and strains which can be called bio-stimulation. With bio-stimulation, infrared lasers are able to penetrate below the skin and vitalize cellls which enhances the process of microcirculation, inflammation, immune response and reduction of pain.

These are a few of the new breakthroughs that has touched the field of lasers:

Surgery: Back in the day, when the word surgery is mentioned, the first thing that comes into mind is the shiny stainless blade cutting through the skin, but nowadays lasers provide a bloodless and germ free wound when it penetrates through the skin. The total and highly accepted accepted of lasers in surgery is that it dramatically reduces if not irradicates the risk for infection thus speeding up the process of healing.

Tattoo Removal: There was a time when the average joe who would have his tattoo removed would suffer the scarring and loss of the skin's integrity. Thanks to the new technology that these lasers provide, pulsed versions provide short but intense burst of lights through the skin that goes to the pigment of the tattoo. In the process the pigment is broken down and removed naturally through the use of the body's immune system. Tattoo removal has never been these easy, it removes the tediousness of the process and better yet, you would know that when you decide to remove or change your tattoo, your skin would stay scar-free, intact and healthy.

Acne: Pimples or acne is 30% fat in composition, therefore when fat is removed, there is a big possibility of acne reduction. Lasers can break down the specific chemical bonds in the fat that is found in acne, these process allows the body to absorb that fat that has been broken down.

Laser Acupuncture: These eastern alternative form of medicine has a lot of benefits to the human body, yet to some, the thought of having your body pierced by needles just doesn't cut it and sometimes becomes a scary rather than a healing experience. Lasers give a non invasive method to practice these eastern form of alternative medicine. What lasers do is that it stimulates acupuncture pressure points in soft tissue injuries and provides pain relief for acute and chronic pain.

Cancer: Although a lot of controversy has risen when it comes to the benefits of lasers, doctors and medical practitioners alike claimed the many significant progress that lasers contribute to the treatment of cancer specially in areas where conventional medicine and methods have proven futile. As of the moment researches has yet to be explored to further support the claims of benefit that these lasers provide.

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