Light therapy came in existence thousands of years ago. Recently, the healthcare community has started implementing cold laser therapy (low-level laser therapy) since it is a valuable tool in the treatment of a variety of health issues.

Your body constitutes trillions of cells, and each of these cells uses both chemical and physical processes to heal, survive and produce energy. Light therapy is now widely known to speed up and facilitate a variety of functions within the body such as pain control, cellular healing, vascular improvements, and enhanced wound healing following numerous publications in research papers. 

Long ago, light therapy was used in the medical field to treat health problems such as jaundice and vitiligo, unlike, presently where it is used to cure many other health issues. In the United States, the FDA has currently cleared the use of cold laser for temporary relief of pain, vascular improvements, control of swelling and arthritis.

Low level laser therapy treatment comes with different forms such as the use of cold lasers for treatments that speed up the healing process and the hot lasers for surgical procedures. All these forms of lasers use light as its source, but the classifications and power of the lasers differ.

Low-level lasers are ubiquitous worldwide for the therapies and treatment of wound healing, reduction of inflammation, pain relief, skin treatment, and many more. It is widely used because patients have always found it useful and non-invasive. In addition, the cold laser has a faster treatment effect and sometimes offers home use advantage, which makes it most preferred by the patients who require ongoing treatment. 

A patient looking for acute and chronic pain treatments may need to examine cold laser therapy using a home laser device.

The Pros of Cold Laser Therapy

Cold laser therapy started with the revolutionary studies of EndreMester, a Hungarian researcher at Semmelweis University in Budapest, in 1967, where he demonstrated the possibility for stimulating tissue repair using low-level laser light.

Later on, research done by scientists after the discovery of the cold laser therapy by Mester revealed that cold level laser therapy had a variety of potential medical benefits such as rheumatoid arthritis, neck pain alleviation, various maculation ailments and carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Cons of Low-Level Laser Therapy

One of the main limitations of the cons of low-level laser therapy is its nascent field and the lack of proper scientific methodology, which makes some of the studies to be carried out with no appropriate scientific methods. Furthermore, many companies that advertise the advantages of certain types of low-level laser treatment do not possess the authentic scientific proof to back up the report. 

In addition, some of the benefits of the low level laser therapy such as in the treatment of things like muscular pain are justified but with insignificant prove that the therapy is effectual for scar healing or hair growth. It is the reason why the FDA has legitimately accepted some of the cold laser treatments and at the same time take into account the ultimate field of cold laser therapy as practical.