Dr. Vince Leone explains how red and infrared light penetrates skin to stimulate mitochondria and boost cellular energy production. Class 3 and Class 4 lasers are the therapeutic ones. He compares the effect to how sugar fuels cells, making the mechanism easier to understand.
So, low-level laser therapy is using red light or infrared light therapy. And if these— there's 4 classes of laser, Class 1, 2, 3, and 4. So, the Class 4 and Class 3 lasers should be used for this because they're the higher-powered lasers. And what laser does is it penetrates into the tissues and it stimulates, if we remember from, you know, cell biology, the mitochondria in the cell. And what I, the way I explain this to patient is that, you know, when you take in sugar, it gives you energy. Well, the light therapy does the same thing.
