Head and Short invest in the latest fungal nail “cold” laser technology!
We are excited to announce that we now have the latest technology to help you overcome fungally infected nails….please watch this clip from This Morning in July 2013 to see what the excitement is all about!
What is the Lunula Laser?
Traditionally laser treatment has been been expensive, but as technology continues to be developed and becomes more readily available so the costs of treatment reduce.
At Head & Short we are proud to have recently invested in the latest “cold” laser technology, specifically designed and developed for the treatment of fungal nails….
So what is a “cold” laser?
The Lunula “Cold” Laser is a revolutionary low-level laser therapy designed specifically for the safe and effective treatment of fungal nail infection (known medically as “onychomycosis”). Unlike “hot” lasers, which use heat generated by different wavelengths of light being absorbed into nails to cook and kill the fungus, the Lunula “cold” laser uses laser diodes which produce laser light with no heat.
Two wavelengths of light are used:
– 405nm damages the fungal pathogen which can cause immediate death but also weakens the pathogens immune defences
– 635nm increases blood flow and improves the immune responses attack of the weakened pathogen
these effectivley kill the Onychomycosis causing pathogen across the entire nail plate/bed and surrounding tissue down to the germinal matrix of all toes.
The Lunula ‘Cold’ Laser is painless with no known complications.
Traditional nail treatments include:
– oral medication which needs to be taken for many weeks, even months in some cases, and can cause side effects in the body (including damage to the liver in some circumstances);
– topical medication such as medicated nail lacquers. These are not effective in many patients and need to be applied regularly (daily or weekly) depending on the medication.
– topical non-medicated treatments such as acidic and plastic applicators. Several pen-like devices are available which work by changing the environment of the nail. Some make the mail more acidic, others plasticise the nail and this inhibits growth of the fungus. The treatments rely on constant use during the nail plate growth (daily or weekly applications depending on the product) and are not effective in all patients.
– removal of nails by your Podiatrist or Doctor. Severely infected nails have had to be “removed” under local anaesthetic and a new nail allowed to grow. This has potentially many problems: the procedure requires use of local anaesthetic, relies on a good blood supply for healing and regrowth of a nail, may damage the cells that the nail regrows from and so a thickened nail regrows, may be painful for several days after the procedure, and regrowth can be painful as the nail causes a “furrow” in the skin as it grows out.
This video explains in detail how the Lunula “cold” laser works: