LLLT Safety Part II - Addressing EMF fields when using LLLT/Laser Therapy for Hair Loss!

All right, all you "smarty pantses" out there! You already know that LLLT doesn't cause cancer or tumors or anything bad, and you already know that our diodes are deemed "safe" for our eyes. So what do you guys try to spring on me?? EMF FIELDS!!! lol...

All those lasers up there on your head must be generating an electro-magnetic field similar to living under high tension power lines, right?? WRONG!!! Would you believe it... as a former amateur ghost hunter (just to have some fun, that's all!), I just happened to have an EMF detector in my closet.

I understand the concern. Just thinking about it, it would seem that IN THEORY that all of these diodes could generate an extremely unsafe electo-magnetic field, and this might not be the best thing if we are wearing them around on our heads. However, that doesn't seem the case at all (although EMFs are created basically with ANY current, but in our case, the EMFs at the point of the diodes is so small that it doesn't change from the baseline of the room).

First, here is a question that I received from EIC once:

"The timing of this is uncanny, as I've been thinking about the safety issue myself quite a bit recently. It seems to me that the danger many not come from the lasers themselves, but rather from the electromagnetic field (EMF) that is generated by having so many lasers so close to one's head. There is a serious electrical current by so many lasers and those currents can generate considerable EMFs. EMFs have been associated with a cancer risk, at least theoretically.

I think we ought to look at the risks of having such an electrical device directly on one's head as opposed to the danger from the lasers themselves. I do not know enough about such things, but thought I would bring the topic up. I would hate for us to wear these devices week after week for decades, only to find that we gave ourselves brain cancer by doing so."

...And this is a great example of how sometimes our theoretical concerns end up not being a concern at all! lol... so, yep, here's the scoop, and I want to start off with an older picture of my original laser helmet. Way back then, I simply used some electrical tape that offered pretty much terrible shielding, so if they were giving off any potentially problematic EMF radiation, we'd certainly know it! I'm literally touching my EMF meter to the wires and diodes:

That says 0.0, and there were somewhat common bursts of 0.1 (Gauss), which is right at the baseline reading of my home (away from the fuse box, of course -which was terrible in that apartment back then!). I don't think I ever got over a 0.2, even when I was moving it around (the EMF is prone to show a false spike if you move it too quickly). Even after it was on a little while, it was still 0.0 with only the occasional spike of 0.1!

So, that was only 68 diodes. What about a 418 diode helmet?! As you probably already saw in the picture for this article, it's pretty much the same thing --no really detectable increase in EMF radiation about the room baseline!

Room Baseline Reading

The "baseline" is simply what the standard level of EMF radiation is in your house, away from electrical devices that might influence it. Here is the room baseline in my house, which is .1 gauss:

That's a very low level, by the way, so I'm happy with that! Wow, I lived somewhere once where the area by my fuse box was a constant 16-40! Not good.

EMF reading at the 418 diode Laser Messiah II

Here is the reading directly at the point of my helmet:

I could move it all around on different spots, at the connectors, flip the helmet upside down, etc... and it was always the same. It sat right at .1 with very, very little deviation!

The POWER SUPPLY is a different matter!

Here was the level at my power supply:

It would jump all around, but you get the basic idea... the power supply is the source of EMF radiation. It dissipated QUICKLY, too, meaning that if you backed off only a mere foot or so away, the EMF reader returned to room baseline!

Conclusion

So basically... in terms of EMF, cancer, etc., I'd feel confident in saying that you are as safe walking around with this on your head as you are walking around your home. If these diodes gave off any sort of a potential problematic EMF field, we'd know it... it'd be leaking out everywhere! But they don't... at all! Any way you slice and dice it, these things are safe, man! [..or "Woman!". I need to do a shout-out to the growing number of women using laser therapy for hair loss!!!]

As I stated in the caption under the picture, yes... wearing a battery powered device would mean a little bit of EMF on your head --which I can't measure because I don't keep crappy devices on hand around here! :) It would probably be a very small amount (just like the results you'd get with a mass-marketed crappy device) but still safe, though! Anyway, let THEM actually do some work for once and ask them about it. I do my homework on my devices!

-O.M.G.
omg@​overmachogrande​.com