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Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Mar-20-2007 17:40:

Laser treatment to quit smoking

I had never really looked into so-called "laser therapies" before, but it appears that at least one company offers two different sorts of "treatments":

Treatment to stop smoking.

Treatment to lose weight.

The medical science behind "laser treatment" is either non-existent or not very well explained, as far as I can tell. Nevermind that, though. A small but still significant percentage of people can quit bad habits with just a placebo. Now, about those two treatments for those two very different problems:

Anyone see a connection here?

Posted by Frenchie on Mar-20-2007 17:41:

Talk to Dallastar. She made a huge thread on this. (well the smoking part)

Posted by Slylee on Mar-20-2007 17:43:

my boss was just talking about this to me yesterday and said it worked for like 5 months until he went to vegas lol

Posted by bas on Mar-20-2007 17:44:

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Originally posted by Frenchie
Talk to Dallastar. She made a huge thread on this. (well the smoking part)

Yeah but she also stopped posting. Maybe the laser treatment killed her! OMG DON'T DO IT!

Posted by Ygrene on Mar-20-2007 17:46:

I bet they use the same laser that they used in 'Real Genius'. So much power that it can fill a man's house with popcorn.

Posted by idoru on Mar-20-2007 17:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
I bet they use the same laser that they used in 'Real Genius'. So much power that it can fill a man's house with popcorn.

And here I thought I was the only person who knew that movie even existed. I love you, energyh4x.

Posted by Abercrombie on Mar-20-2007 17:54:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
Yeah but she also stopped posting. Maybe the laser treatment killed her! OMG DON'T DO IT!

I Dallas out twice in the last 2-3 weeks, and neither time did have a smoke in her hand or go outside for one.

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...highlight=laser

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...t=%22smoking%22

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...t=%22smoking%22

Posted by Omega_M on Mar-20-2007 18:45:

Laser treatment looks like a modern form of acupuncture. It is an alternative treatment, not a scientific one. Acupressure has not been scientifically validated so in the "scientific" context, laser treatment may not be valid. There is a mention on Wiki:

quote:
A randomised trial of Tapas Acupressure Technique for weight-loss maintenance found attendance at weight maintenance was 72% for TAT Tapas Acupressure Technique- higher than any other method studied and warranting further study. This study was supported by a grant (R21 AT01190-02) from the National Center for Complementary/Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, USA.

People "believe" in it. After all, placebos affect the "mind" and force the body to act accordingly. That would be the best medicine, with no ingestion of toxic substances or any side effects !!

Posted by Subey on Mar-20-2007 19:30:

Where do they fire the laser exactly?

Posted by nchs09 on Mar-20-2007 19:32:

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Originally posted by Subey
Where do they fire the laser exactly?
into your anus!

Posted by Sunsnail on Mar-20-2007 19:33:

They cut a tiny portion of skin off the top of your head and beam through to certain parts of the brain.

Posted by stren on Mar-20-2007 19:46:

Laser treatment killed my family