Anyone have success with red light therapy for radiation effects?

@stephenrfleury . Hola me gusta tú aportación positiva en medio.
Yo tengo un cuello delgadísimo como consecuencia del tratamiento radioterapeuta e intervención quirúrgica por cáncer de lengua y me gustaría me informarás dé ésa terapia para mejorar la fibrosis del cuello.
Gracias y un saludo.

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Like many of us, I had extremely fibrotic neck resulting in the lack of mobility and a reasonable amount of constant pain. A month or so ago, I had a surgery called fat grafting (don't know the scientific name).

Here's a quick explanation. I first had Botox injections to "soften" up the major muscles in my neck. About 2 weeks later, I had the surgery. They first perform liposuction to harvest fat, for me from my stomach. Then they do some processing to the fat to extract the healthy fat cells. Then they make a couple of incision on your neck to cut small slits in the sheath of your neck to release some pressure. They also cut some of the problematic fibrotic cords in your neck. Then they inject the processed fat into your neck. For me, I got pain relief in my neck almost right away. About 2/3 of the skin in my neck feels rejuvenated, I can grab it and it feels soft. The second surgery (in October) will touch up the other third, focusing on the left side where I had the most radiation. It is being followed up with Physical Therapy to continue to loosen it up.

Looks like there's an active study for those in the New York area. https://www.cancer.gov/research/participate/clinical-trials-search/v

Looks like Sloan-Kettering is offering red light therapy to its H and N cancer patients.
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patient-education/about-your-photobiomodulation-therapy
If you are a patient there and have used this therapy please post your thoughts.
Thanks,
Sandy

Qué es la terapia dé la luz roja y para qué sé utiliza, vale también para cánceres de lengua?

La terapia dé la luz roja, although still not medically proven effective, is understood to help considerably with healing surface issues in the face, mouth, tongue, and throat. These lights are available in many on-line shops as well as some pharmacies. The trick as I understand it is to have the proper wavelength of red light. Some units are simply a general red color rather than a specific wavelength close to infrared light.
Many patients here believe it helps considerably with pain and healing. Perhaps that is the importance. If it works for you, then it helps.

@hrhwilliam Sabes si es efectiva para la lengua después dé haber recibido radioterapia ?

@jubilta77 Sorry, I was off grid yesterday. Several people claim it works well for tongue cancer repair. I have no personal experience using red light therapy.
I would suggest if you wish to try this, the price of the devices can vary greatly. I would not spend a great deal of money on a unit.

@hrhwilliam pues cómo siempre te agradezco tú sabía información y consejo pues en mi país no sé incluye este tratamiento en la seguridad social por lo qué creo qué no voy a poder asumir él coste.
Así que lo haré por el sistema tradicional, es decir cirugía, lo malo es qué según mi oncólogo radioterápico ya no me pueden dar más radioterapia debido a los graves daños producidos en la anterior sesión dé radioterapia hace ya 16 años.
Un saludo y gracias

@jubilta77, I moved your question to this related discussion where you can connect with others talking about red light therapy.
- Anyone have success with red light therapy for radiation effects? https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/red-light-therapy-success/