treatment protocols with low-level laser (also called ‘soft laser therapy) have been used in health care systems for more than three decades. bearing in mind the suitable sub-cellular absorption and the cellular-vascular impacts, low-level laser may be a treatment of choice for soft tissues. low-level lasers have played crucial and colorful roles in performing periodontal surgeries. their anti-...

port wine stains are benign but cosmetically devasting congenital angiomas. the argon laser is a therapeutic device newly applied to this condition. our program was begun 6 years ago. from the beginning, the study was conceived as a clinical investigation of both the port wine stain and its argon laser therapy. a total of 218 patients with port wine stains have been studied and many aspects of ...

Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is controversial because of conflicting outcomes in peer reviewed literature. The possible combination and permutation of laser parameters is almost infinite. Defining what is an appropriate dose of laser energy for anyone condition remains anecdotal. A number of factors have contributed to the heterogenity of the literature and the variable outcomes. This paper e...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Calcaneous tendon is one of the most damaged tendons, and its healing may last from weeks to months to be completed. In the search after speeding tendon repair, low intensity laser therapy has shown favorable effect. To assess the effect of low intensity laser therapy on the process of tissue repair in calcaneous tendon after undergoing a partial lesion. STUDY DESIGN/...

Clinicians always find it difficult to treat hypertrophic scars and keloids. Various treatment modalities are available. Intralesional corticosteroids, topical applications, cryotherapy, surgery, laser therapy, and silicone sheeting are the widely used options. Radiation therapy can also help in cases of recalcitrant keloids. Most recently, pulsed-dye laser has been successfully used to treat k...