Can the Therapy Laser heal wounds?  1-29-13

I will not leave you in suspense. Of course it can...or I obviously would not be posting this. 
When we were in Michigan, we thought we were big time dog lovers. We had to be...our hyper active dog was yippy, quirky, and extremely obnoxious. But as we got to know people in Sarasota, we discovered that we were just in "the middle of the pack." Two or three dog families are often the norm. Some of our clients spend enough on vet bills to feed a developing nation. One client named Patti has three dogs of her own and a total of SEVEN rescue dogs in various stages of healing or out placement. 
One of these rescue dogs is Sugar. Sugar is about 8 and is the most people friendly Lab mix I have ever met. I shall not delve into Sugar's numerous maladies or issues at this time, but among them was a severe open would on her foreleg that would not heal and could not be stitched together. It was bright pink and watery and not for the sqeamish. The wound remained open for a year despite different salves and medications and gave poor Sugar a pronounced limp.

Patti has brought Sugar in to see me on six different occasions. Her first laser wound treatment lasted 8 minutes. On ensuing visits we gradually increased the treatment time to 14 minutes. Sugar was not thrilled with the idea of being hoisted up onto my desk, but Patti and I spent much of each session explaining the benefits of the painless laser treatments and Sugar began to accept it as her lot. After two treatments the wound began to scab up at the narrowest point. After the fifth treatment, the entire wound had begun to fill in and heal. I offer the pic below as proof.

Needless to say, Sugar's limp is far less noticable and she is delighted with the results thus far. What is the next step? Patti and I intend to wait for the scabs to fall off and the new skin beneath to appear. The next laser treatments will not be for another month or two. The new objective will be to try to stimulate the re-growth of fur! Stay tuned.