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I have a 50w CO2 laser in the garage and a 3 class 3B IR lasers lying around,  but I've never heard of cold laser therapy.

What is it supposed to be doing in a TL;DR fashion?

Photochem of some sort

The literature reviewed suggests that biostimulation with lasers:
1) accelerates the inflammatory phase of wound healing by altering the levels of various prostaglandins,
2) increases ATP synthesis by enhancing electron transfer in the inner membrane of mitochondria,
3) quickens protein (collagen) synthesis by quickening DNA and RNA synthesis,
4) augments fibroplasia by a mechanism that is still being explored, and
5) enhances the ability of immune cells to combat invading pathogens.

I eyeball it very skeptically.  I'm mostly convinced it's medical quackery.

• I do not understand why coherent, monochromatic light is necessary, other than the marketing angle of "Lasers sound cool, and we can charge more"
• The wavelengths are between visible and IR.  This is below wavelengths at which ionization occur, and are generally thought of as only causing heating, not chemical changes.
• While the Chinese have gotten into the market with inexpensive devices, the classic Erchonia units are INSANELY expensive for something that consists of literally a PWM driver and a few 7.5mW diodes. [1][2][3]
• Want some 635nm light?  Slap on some sunscreen and go outside, you'll get 1.3 watts per square meter of it .    [cite]

Someone change my mind with some peer reviewed double blind studies.

10 Famous Presidential Quotes If All Presidents Spoke Like Joe Biden
https://babylonbee.com/news/10-famous-quotes-if-other-presidents-talked-like-joe-biden

"We choose to go to the moon not because it is easy but because my uncle was eaten by cannibals. True story, folks.

"The only thing we have to fear is... pause."

If Weinstein now says he is closet trans, does he get a free pass?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/harvey-weinstein-intersex-lacks-genitalia

"Closet trans" is SOOOOOO yesterday. The current buzz word is "non-binary."

Of technical interest only:

"In a 4-3 decision, the appellant court determined that the Judge Burke had made an error in allowing women to testify who were not part of the case.

'It is an abuse of judicial discretion to permit untested allegations of nothing more than bad behavior that destroys a defendant's character but sheds no light on their credibility as related to the criminal charges lodged against them,' the decision read"

^^ From the Daily Mail:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13349859/Harvey-Weinsteis-New-York-sex-crime-conviction-overturned.html

which seems to consistently have more complete and accurate news than most news outlets.... just sayin' incidentally.

My "technical interest" involves my long-standing and oft-repeated opinion that procedural errors on the part of the prosecution or the judge should bar retrials on that case and all charges dismissed. See and apply the concept of "legal lenity*."

This, on my theory that if the accusers can't make a proper case the first time around, tough noogies, and go find another violation to crucify someone on.  It also smacks of the "double jeopardy" clause in the Bill Of Rights**, but who gives a *expletive deleted*it about the Bill Of Rights anymore anyhow.  It's just a piece of wrinkled old paper.

My technical interest is completely apart from the salacity (tee-hee-giggle-giggle) of this case. 

Terry, 230RN

* https://duckduckgo.com/?q=legal+lenity&t=brave&ia=web

** I regard the Constitution and BOR as a new edition of the Common Law, so don't bring up Blackstone to me.

Just another crushing salvo in Trump's whitecentric war against women.