{"id":2057,"date":"2023-07-24T10:06:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T08:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/using-light-therapy-to-treat-amputation-wounds\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T09:54:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T07:54:36","slug":"using-light-therapy-to-treat-amputation-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/blog\/2023\/07\/24\/using-light-therapy-to-treat-amputation-wounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Using light therapy to treat amputation wounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5819  alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/back-view-cropped-male-surfer-standing-with-surfboard-sea-beach.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/back-view-cropped-male-surfer-standing-with-surfboard-sea-beach.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/back-view-cropped-male-surfer-standing-with-surfboard-sea-beach-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/back-view-cropped-male-surfer-standing-with-surfboard-sea-beach-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/back-view-cropped-male-surfer-standing-with-surfboard-sea-beach-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/back-view-cropped-male-surfer-standing-with-surfboard-sea-beach-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In most cases, an <strong>amputation wound<\/strong> closes and creates a scar within three to four weeks, but in some cases healing may be slower, with <strong>inflammation<\/strong> and oozing occurring. The full healing of the scar will take approximately 18 months. During this period, appropriate creams and dressings should be used to help the scar tissue stay soft and supple.<\/p>\n<p>Accelerating the <strong>healing process<\/strong> of amputation wounds and helping to <strong>minimise scarring<\/strong> can be achieved with the use of <strong>red and infrared light therapy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5816 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/YV4B0568-600x350-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/YV4B0568-600x350-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/YV4B0568-600x350-1-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/07\/YV4B0568-600x350-1-500x292.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>How will light therapy help treat <\/strong><strong>amputation wounds<\/strong><strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photizo Skincare<\/strong> will help to trigger natural cellular photo-biochemical reactions in the skin and will assist in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cleaning up dead cells<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Increasing microcirculation<\/strong> and formation of new capillaries<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boosting collagen production<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Reducing inflammation and swelling<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In most cases, an amputation wound closes and creates a scar within three to four weeks, but in some cases&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,167],"tags":[174],"class_list":["post-2057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-articles","category-skincare-news-articles","tag-skincare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2057"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5821,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2057\/revisions\/5821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.photizo.net\/nam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}