Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kukui e like me nā moena hoʻōla kukui ʻulaʻula e kōkua i ka ho'ōla ʻana ma nā ʻano like ʻole mai ka hopena o nā makahiki 1800. I ka makahiki 1896, ua hoʻomohala ke kauka Denemaka ʻo Niels Rhyberg Finsen i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui mua no kahi ʻano maʻi ʻili puʻupuʻu a me ka maʻi ʻōpū.
A laila, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula (RLT) i nā makahiki 1990 e kōkua i nā kānaka ʻepekema e ulu i nā mea kanu ma ka lewa. Ua ʻike nā kānaka noiʻi ua kōkua ka mālamalama ikaika i hoʻopuka ʻia e nā diode hoʻokuʻu kukui ʻulaʻula (LED) i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu a me ka photosynthesis. Ma hope o kēia ʻike ʻana, ua aʻo ʻia ke kukui ʻulaʻula no kona hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ʻoiai e ʻike inā hiki i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula ke hoʻonui i ka ikehu i loko o nā pūnaewele kanaka. Ua manaʻolana nā kānaka ʻepekema he ala maikaʻi ke kukui ʻulaʻula e mālama ai i ka atrophy o nā ʻiʻo - ka hōʻino ʻana o nā ʻiʻo ma muli o ka nele o ka neʻe ʻana inā ma muli o ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka nele o ka hana kino - a me ka hoʻolohi ʻana i ka ho'ōla ʻana o nā ʻeha a kōkua i nā pilikia o ka iwi i hoʻokumu ʻia e ke kaumaha ʻole i ka wā o ka huakaʻi lewa.
Ua ʻike nā kānaka noiʻi he nui i hoʻohana ʻia no ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻemi ʻia nā māka kīkoʻo a me nā wrinkles e nā moena kukui ʻulaʻula i loaʻa ma nā salona nani. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula i hoʻohana ʻia ma ke keʻena lapaʻau e mālama i ka psoriasis, nā ʻeha lohi e ho'ōla ana, a me kekahi o nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka chemotherapy.
He aha ka hana a kahi moena hoʻōla kukui ʻulaʻula?
He lāʻau kūlohelohe ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula e hoʻohana ana i ka mālamalama kokoke i ka infrared. He nui nā pono o kēia ʻano hana, me ka emi ʻana o ke kaumaha, ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ikehu, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nānā ʻana, a me ka hiamoe maikaʻi i ka pō. Ua like nā moena lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula me nā moena tanning i ka wā e pili ana i ke ʻano, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo nā moena lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula i ka radiation ultraviolet (UV) ʻino.
He palekana anei ka Red Light Therapy?
ʻAʻohe hōʻike e hōʻino ana ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula, ma ka liʻiliʻi ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka manawa pōkole a e like me nā kuhikuhi. ʻAʻole ia he mea ʻawahia, ʻaʻole invasive, a ʻaʻole ʻino i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ʻili topical. ʻOiai ʻo ka mālamalama UV mai ka lā a i ʻole kahi tanning booth ke kuleana no ka maʻi kanesa, ʻaʻole hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻano kukui i nā lāʻau lapaʻau RLT. ʻAʻole hoʻi he mea ʻino. I ka hanana e hoʻohana hewa ʻia nā huahana, no ka laʻana, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia a ʻaʻole e like me nā kuhikuhi, hiki ke hōʻino ʻia kou ʻili a i ʻole kou mau maka. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui e hana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula ma kahi hale kūpono a laikini ʻia me nā kauka lapaʻau i aʻo ʻia.
ʻEhia ka pinepine e hoʻohana ai ʻoe i kahi moena hoʻōla kukui ʻulaʻula?
No nā kumu he nui, ua piʻi nui ka kaulana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. Akā he aha kekahi mau alakaʻi maʻamau no ka mālama ʻana ma ka home?
He aha kahi maikaʻi e hoʻomaka ai?
No nā mea hoʻomaka, ke paipai nei mākou e hoʻohana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kukui ʻulaʻula ʻekolu a ʻelima mau manawa i ka pule no 10 a 20 mau minuke. Eia kekahi, e ʻimi mau i ke kūkākūkā ʻana me ke kauka a dermatologist paha ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka RLT, ʻoiai inā he ʻili koʻikoʻi kou.