Obesity Therapy

Low-level laser therapy does not disrupt structure of adipocytes

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 12th, 2004

Low-level laser therapy does not disrupt the structure of abdominal adipocytes before lipoplasty procedures.

"Low-level laser therapy is a new subspecialty for the medical application of lasers that provides therapeutic rather than surgical outcomes for many medical indications. Recently, low-level laser therapy was reported to 'liquefy' or release stored fat in adipocytes by the opening of specialized yet not identified cell membrane-associated pores after a brief treatment. Currently, low-level laser therapy is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved technology for improving pain alleviation," scientists in the United States report.

"To...

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