Human body photobiomodulation: history and future perspectives

Photobiomodulation (PBM) has ancient origins being Hippocrates considered the first physician who recommended to expose ulcers and wounds to sunlight for accelerating the healing process. Subsequently, at the end of the 18th century, Joseph Priestley started his photochemical rechearses, later continued by Antoine de Lavoisier who constructed the basis of modern photobiology. In 1960 Theodore Maima constructed the first laser device emitting a coherent, collimated and monochromatic (red) beam and Andre Mester, few years after, discovered the possibility to use the coherent light at low power to increase the wound healing process. Konstantin Korotov, between the 1980s and the first decade of the 2000s, realized the bioelectrographic GDV (Gas Discharge Visualization) device, a particular kind of camera able to detect and measure the energy fields inside the body. The aim of this brief report is to describe the opportunities of the PBM in the human body, both for diagnostic and therapeutical utilization.