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4 Auricular Laser Treatments
4.1 Introduction 32
4.1.1 Historical Background 32
4.1.2 Physical Foundation 32
4.1.3 Effects of Laser Therapy 33
4.1.4 Laser Classification 34
4.2 Clinical Practice 35
4.2.1 Application 35
4.2.2 Method 35
4.2.3 Forms of Application 36
Laser monotherapy 36
Hybrid therapy 36
LightNeedle System (Reimers & Janssen) 37
Combination: Laser therapy and TCM 37
Local therapy 37
Combination: Local therapy and auricular laser therapy 38
4.3 Technical Variations 38
4.3.1 Wavelength 38
4.3.2 Output 38
4.3.3 Frequencies 39