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Biostick Cold Sore/Mouth Ulcer treatment

  • 05-07-2011 1:53pm
    #1
    nathan184
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭


    Note to Mods: I'm sorry if this topic is in the wrong place or should not be discussed. Feel free to move or delete if necessary. I am not completely sure if this topic would fall into the heading of "medical advice". I just want to start a discussion about an existing product.

    I would like to know if anyone has any experience with this product:
    http://www.syrolight.com/biostick

    It seems too good to be true that a few red LED's can help wounds to heal but I have found positive reviews on amazon and I have seen some publications which show there may be an effect.

    There is an article written here:
    http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/sell-first-test-later/
    which approaches the matter from a skeptical point of view and discusses the publications' results.

    Since I am familiar with electronics I might try to construct a similar device rather than spending close to €50 on it.

    As far as I can see, they are using normal ultra bright red LED's (wavelength 630nm). I can buy those at my local Maplin.


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  • #2
    Vorsprung
    Registered Users Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Vorsprung


    There seems to be nothing medical about this product! I've had a quick flick through the article, not the papers, and I'm skeptical at best as there is no evidence that the device works.
    It’s clear that the commercial claims for the BioStick are constructed on an inadequate foundation of evidence.

    Sums it up for me.


  • #3
    nathan184
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭nathan184


    Vorsprung wrote: »
    There seems to be nothing medical about this product! I've had a quick flick through the article, not the papers, and I'm skeptical at best as there is no evidence that the device works.



    Sums it up for me.

    Thank you for your opinion. I would still like to hear from people who have first-hand experience with this (or a similar) product.

    Even if you leave out the product and their somewhat dubious marketing efforts, I would still like to hear people's opinions on the science behind the principle it supposedly uses. Does anyone have any experience with light-therapy?


  • #4
    nathan184
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭nathan184


    Apologies for double-post but I have found an article which has a number of good references to do with light therapy.

    http://heelspurs.com/led.html

    Here for journal references:
    http://heelspurs.com/led.html#journal

    Effect of NASA light-emitting diode irradiation on wound healing:


    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11776448?dopt=Abstract


    I will be constructing my own LED array (630nm 7200mcd LED x4) in the next few days.


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