They rode along the dusty road without talking, and Julian imagined that he could smell the laser burn.

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The LEDs' cool temperatures don't burn or scar, which laser treatments are known to do.

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The closest thing to LED photomodulation is a controversial procedure called nonablative laser treatment, which uses heat to burn away subsurface skin so that new cells will replace it.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The closest thing out there to LED photomodulation is a controversial procedure called nonablative laser treatment, which uses heat to burn away sub-surface skin so that new cells will replace it.

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Once the cancerous area is precisely targeted, only the intensity of the laser radiation needs to be turned up in order to irradiate, or burn off, the tumor.

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The laser would only singe the surface of an object in space, but that tiny burn could still help point it downward, Dr. Campbell says.

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