As we get older, two major inhibiting factors take place that greatly impair our fertility: 1) decreased systemic blood flow, and 2) decreased ATP energy. These two age-related factors can cause great damage to tissue and cellular functioning, resulting in a decrease in nutrients to your reproductive organs and a severe lack in energy leading to irregular chromosomal activities and a host of other contributing factors to age-induced and secondary infertility.

First, we need to clear up some unfortunate name discrepancies. Red Light Therapy (RLT) is called such because of the very obvious red colored lights used. The first broadly accepted term for red light treatment was Low-Reactive Level Laser Therapy (LLLT). I will explain the origins of LLLT in just a moment.

In this report, I may reference Red Light Therapy as LLLT if I am discussing a study that refers to it as such. I also might call RLT by it’s current academic title PhotoBioModulation (PBM), again if I am reporting on a study that refers to it as such. For the purposes of this article, we can think of RLT, LLLT, and PBM as roughly the same thing, even though the light used can be a bit different.

Apparently, the change in title came about because of confusion around what “low-level” means. Also, it has taken decades for RLT to gain the respect it deserves from the medical field so it never needed an official, global title. It’s hard to believe that we’ve entered into a sort of “red light mania!” It sounds like “black magic”, well actually “red magic,” but I assure you, the research is plentiful and the results are astounding. I will share my personal experience with RLT in a bit, as well as tell about the dozen women, whom I personally know, who had success conceiving and giving birth to healthy babies with the help of RLT. Let’s get started!

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Systemic Blood Flow

Systemic blood flow decreases as women age, which can result in symptoms such as cold hands and feet and sore shoulders. A decrease in systemic blood flow minimizes flow to the uterus, ovaries, and follicles. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to your developing follicles and if that life-giving system is restricted, it will result in poor oocytes and a less susceptible uterine environment. By improving systemic blood flow, you improve the chance of becoming pregnant (Taniguchi).

RLT improves systemic blood flow, thus promoting flow to the areas that have been deprived of your biological highway! A study demonstrated that in the case of abnormal blood flow, such as in Buerger’s disease, LLLT with 830nmm improved neovascularization and restored blood supply to the extremities of patients which were otherwise going to be amputated! (Ohshiro, Personal Overview).

ATP Energy (Mitochondria-derived)

I spent a great deal of time researching mitochondrial function, and you can find that article here. If you have not read it, you should! A quick recap: When oocytes are developing and maturing, they use a massive amount of energy. ATP fuels the successful meiotic division and implantation of oocytes and embryos. When ATP is not sufficient enough to carry out these processes, infertility is the result.

Women of advanced maternal age have “more mitochondrial DNA mutations, which can be responsible for poor implantation and aneuploidy” (Taniguchi). However, “the rate of division and successful implantation of embryos has more to do with how much energy (ATP) than with maternal age” (Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine by Jane Lyttleton).

RLT activates mitochondria and increases the production of ATP energy. This has a profound affect on the quantity and quality of oocytes. It is painless, cool to the touch (it should be cool), and can amount to far less money than cycle after cycle of meds, IUIs, retrievals and the like. The results are astonishing.

In addition, RLT reduces inflammation and relieves pain, even decades-old pain that you’ve had every day for years. All of these aspects, in-turn, are beneficial to fertility and your womb, helping to promote receptivity (Boston Acupucture).

History of Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)

Toshio ohshiRO’s early work with LLLT

Toshio Ohshiro, M.D. developed a concept of Low-Reactive Level Laser Therapy (LLLT). His initial interest was in skin color problems including treatment of blood vessel and melanin anomalies. He studied under Professor Godman in Cincinnati, together combining dermatology and plastic surgery with laser technology (Ohshiro, 27 years).

Ohshiro noticed positive effects of treating his patients with laser surgery. For example, less redness, no hypertrophic marks left by the electroautery needles used in treatments, non-related pain relief in the general area that was treated with the laser. This last bonus led Ohshiro to hypothesize that the laser’s energy was penetrating deep into the tissue “beyond the area of thermal reaction, at much lower photon densities, and was acting on the hyperexcited intercostal nerves” to reduce and remove severe chronic nerve pain (Ohshiro, 27 years).

The possibility of relieving pain and increased wound healing, among other positive effects, spurred Ohshiro to develop nonsurgical laser systems. He identified two areas of photoreaction: Photobioactivation, which he named low-reactive level laser therapy (LLLT), and he associated this with laser treatment; and Photoreaction which was associated with surgery and classified as high reactive level laser treatment (HLLT) (Ohshiro, 27 years).

The possibility of relieving pain and increased wound healing, among other positive effects, spurred Ohshiro to develop nonsurgical laser systems. He identified two areas of photoreaction: Photobioactivation, which he named low-reactive level laser therapy (LLLT), and he associated this with laser treatment; and Photoreaction which was associated with surgery and classified as high reactive level laser treatment (HLLT) (Ohshiro, 27 years).

When the Ohshiro Clinic first employed the use of LLLT, it was mainly for pain and healing of skin conditions. In the mid-1990s, two menopausal women who were being treated (unable to clearly identify where) miraculously started menstruating again after being treated with LLLT. The positive effects that laser treatment has on fertility were genuinely intriguing.

Up until 2000, treatment included direct application of the laser to the abdomen and lumbar area for 10-15 minutes per session. In an early study assessing the effect LLLT has on confirmed “low responders”, the resulting pregnancy rate was 19.6%! Those encouraging results led to further studies (Fujii).

Development of the Proximal Priority Technique (PPT)

One patient greatly influenced the creation of the Proximal Priority Technique (PPT). It was an elderly male with chronic knee pain. The clinician used the laser in contact mode on several points around the knees. At first, the pain was relieved, but a few days later it returned worse than before. The patient could no longer walk. An X-ray revealed severe stenosis of the spinal cord at the L4/L5 level. The author “started his next LLLT session from above the stenotic area, and worked down towards the knees. All pain was relieved after 6 weeks’ treatment, and the patient remained pain free over a long follow-up” (Fujii).

It was from these results that the author developed his “original proximal priority technique, particularly for chronic pain” (Fujii). No matter where the painful area was, the author started each treatment from the neck, “working around the base of the skull to irradiate the C1/C2 area” (Fujii). How well this method worked was shown in a retrospective study on 542 patients with recalcitrant chronic lumbar pain. PPT achieved an overall efficacy of 82% (Fujii). Ohshiro later combined PPT and LLLT for infertility.

Ohshiro explains that the brain is the control center for the rest of the body. The carotid arteries are the main blood supply to the head, “and the deep penetration of the 830 nm beam applied to the side of the neck can involve and photoactivate the external and internal carotids, increasing the blood supply to the brain and creating a systemic parasympathetic system-mediated whole body effect” (Ohshiro 2012). Gentle neck-stretching accompanied the neck irradiation “which enhance treatment efficacy” (Ohshiro 2012).

Application of PPT

A PPT session involves “10 minutes of PPT where laser is irradiated solely to the nuchal area while the therapist first stretches the neck region and than [sic] goes on to stretch other areas in the order of shoulder, pectoral region, spine, lower back and finally the lower limbs. This treatment commences at the proximal region in relation to the two centers of the nervous system and circulatory system followed by treatment of the periphery” (Fujii). Following the PPT, the reproductive organs were treated for an additional 10 minutes for a total of 20 minutes of laser irradiation per session (Fujii).

PPT becomes PPLT

Proximate Priority Treatment evolved over time. The author refined his technique and created the “second generation” of PPT, calling it Proximal Priority Laser Technique (PPLT). (Ohshiro 2012). The system delivers the “60 mW output at the deep-penetrating near-infrared wavelength of 830 nm in continuous wave, with an irradiated area in contact mode at the tissue of 0.05 cm², giving an irradiance at tissue of 1.2 W/cm²” (Ohshiro 2012).

PPLT is comprised of three procedures. To learn how to do this approach, please refer to the PDF article here:

(Please speak to your doctor before you try PPLT):

Research suggests that PPLT improves ailments due to “efficacy of irradiation of the stellate ganglion… thereby activating the descending inhibitory pathway and further enhancing whole-body messaging” (Ohshiro 2012). The images below show the whole body warming in a female being treated with PPLT for infertility. The author states that “the ‘rest and digest’ system, ensures whole body relaxation and removes any sympathetic hypertension caused by the other component of the autonomous nervous system, the sympathetic ‘fight or flight’ system. With the relaxation of the muscles which is part of parasympathetic dominance, the arterial walls will also relax promoting increased blood flow and oxygenation of the tissues being fed by the vessels. At the same time, hypertensive patients may experience a drop in blood pressure towards normal” (Ohshiro 2012).

Increased blood flow is observed in the carotid arteries following only one session of PPLT. Following one session of PPLT, there was a 63% increase in blood flow seen in the carotid artery of the irradiated side Interestingly, the unirradiated side saw an even larger increase than the side that had the laser on it! These effects lasted for more than an hour before decreasing back to the baseline reading (Ohshiro 2012).

The images below are single photon emission tomography (SPECT) images of a brain. Oshiro compared baseline SPECT images to those taken after one PPLT session in the same patient. After the PPLT, there is a substantial increase in cerebral blood flow throughout the brain (please see images of brain below) (Ohshiro 2012)

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RLT and PPLT for the Treatment of Infertility: Clinical Evidence

RED LIGHT THERAPY for the treatment of infertiLity

A group of clinics in Denmark and Norway have been using PBM for the last decade. Since 2012, they have been treating women with “fertility challenges” to increase the chances of pregnancy (Grinsted). The device they use is the GigaLaser which they produce and sell. The protocol used is as follows:

• Starting on the first day of menstruation, six treatments are applied over the course of 2 weeks, so roughly every other day
• When ovulation is expected, insemination (natural or otherwise) is attempted
• If the woman does not conceive, another course of treatments is given
• For treatment, the laser is placed directly over the abdominal area, 1 – 2 cm above the bare skin. “Each treatment is 23 minutes, and the total dose is 20,000 Joules (15,000 Joules of near infrared laser light at 808 nm, plus 5,000 Joules of red LED at 660 nm)”

In 2016, the number of women treated at the clinics was 239, with 158 pregnancies (66%)! By 2019, the number of patients treated had grown to an estimated 400 women, resulting in 260 pregnancies (65%)! The author does mention that “younger women do not respond as well to this treatment, unless there are other complications not directly related to egg quality… This corresponds well with Dr. Toshio Ohshiro’s findings” (Grinsted).

The author explains how there can be other complications besides egg quality that can impede pregnancy. The publication concludes that egg quality is improved with PBM as are the following conditions: increases blood circulation, reduces edemas, regulates inflammation, relieves pain, relaxes muscle tensions, softens scar tissue (Grinsted).

PPT for the treatment of Infertility

Between April 2010 to Nov 2015 PPT (before it became PPLT) treatments were offered to infertile women by Asada Ladies Kachigawa Clinic. The average age of the patient was 38.6 (34.5 – 42.7 yr). Many patients had low anti-mullerian hormone (AMH). In 17 participants, AMH was undetectable. Each patient received PPT and abdominal-lumbar treatment (Asada). The results are impressive!

The infertility symptoms – cold-sensitive, especially the feet, stiff shoulders, constipation – experienced by most patients seen at Asada Clinic improved with PPT. Among the 188 patients treated during that time, 106 (56.4%) patients achieved a clinical pregnancy and 73 (38.8%) gave birth. Seven out of the 17 patients with undetectable AMH achieved a clinical pregnancy and gave birth! In the 87 patients aged 40 to 41, 36 patients achieved a clinical pregnancy and 21 gave birth (Asada). According to my math, that is 24% success in women over 40!

Asada gives more information about two of the patients treated:

• Case 1: 41 years old, undetectable AMH, had 7 retrievals with Clomid, moved into LLLT along with 2 more retrievals, gave birth to the second embryo transferred.
• Case 2: 35 years old, undetectable AMH, underwent laparoscopic surgery for ovarian endometriosis, hydrosalpinx, and chocolate cyst, received 8 ART cycles. In Asada Clinic, she had 4 retrievals with Clomid and 10 LLLT sessions, after the fifth retrieval and first embryo transfer, she gave birth.

I personally know about a dozen women over approximately 39 yo (up to 44!) who have had successful pregnancies with LLLT. Some of those women are currently pregnant with their “red light baby” while the rest have delivered healthy babies. I am one of those women! I will tell you about our experiences in a bit, and I will type it in a similar fashion to the cases above.

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Recall that systemic blood flow decreases as we age. Red Light Thearpy increases the systemic blood flow to the ovary, in-turn enhancing the response to ART. Taniguchi and colleagues assessed the curative effect on the improvement of poor-quality oocytes. Between July 1^st, 2000 to December, 2009, 588 female patients were enrolled in a study. “In 588 patients, 97 patients became pregnant” (16.5%) (Taniguchi).

Taniguchi’s team analyzed the variance between the age of the non-pregnant and pregnant women and  the frequency and length (the number of menstrual cycles) between nonpregnant and pregnant women receiving PPLT (please refer to download above). The results showed that the mean frequency of treatment in the subjects who gave birth was 3.3 times a month. The mean total length of treatment was 5.2 months. This period corresponds to the entire process of oogenesis (roughly 180 days) (Taniguchi).

After PPLT treatment, the effect of increased blood flow lasts 3 to 4 days. Taniguchi advises women with infertility to have PPLT once per week for 5 – 6 menstrual cycles. Weekly treatments are important because they may produce “a good curative effect as the laser effect could last 1 week and the competence of oocytes depends on numerous processes taking place during the whole oogenesis period” (5-6 months) (Taniguchi). In other words, keep using it for as long as you need to, even every cycle for a year, or even two! That is your personal decision, but know that you can 🙂

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Iwahata and colleagues shared their findings in an initial report on the treatment of female infertility with LLLT. They evaluated the application of an 830 nm diode LLLT system in combination with artificial reproductive technology. Twenty-four patients aged 30 – 48 years old received LLLT treatment over three specific points for five minutes each point for a total of fifteen minutes of treatment. In the ART group, the total pregnancy rate of the laser irradiated group was 36.8% and only 19.0% in the non-irradiated group (Iwahata).

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In 1996, a clinical trial was designed to test the efficacy of LLLT for infertility. There was an increase in trial subjects and the study was subsequently extended to 2012. The average age of severely infertile women was 39.34 yo (26 – 52 yrs). The average length of infertility was 4.12 years, during which the average number of advanced reproductive technologies (ART) cycles was 8.43 sessions (Ohshiro, Personal Overview)

“Patients in both the preliminary and extended trial were treated with LLLT in the contact mode using a GaAlAs diode laser (OhLase-3D1, JMLL, Tokyo, Japan) delivering 60 mW in continuous wave at a nominal 830 nm. The incident irradiance was 1.2 W/cm², and the irradiation time per point was 15 s giving a fluence of 18 J/cm²/point. Patients were treated in the author’s proximal priority technique (PPT), PPT was shown to be more effective than direct irradiation. Patients in the preliminary trial received an average of 21.08 LLLT treatments. Where possible, patients attended twice per week, but if this was not practical, they were treated weekly, or once per 2 weeks, depending on their individual situation. In the extended trial, the average number of sessions was 12.49 with the same inter-session interval. The current range of treatments in the author’s clinic is from 11 to14”

Ohshiro, Personal Overview

At the end of the extended trial of the 701 severely infertile patients, 156 (22.3%) became pregnant! Of the 156 who conceived, half gave birth resulting in 79 deliveries and 87 red light babies! (50.1% of pregnancies resulted in a live birth, or 12.4% of patients gave birth). Thirty-four women used only LLLT, no other medications! (Ohshiro, Personal Overview)

The successful pregnancy rate was just over 22% in women with severe infertility and that is something to call home about! These women had failed other approaches for at least 5, and up to 9, years. The authors urge the medical field to allow LLLT and PPLT to take its rightful place as a valued tool in the world of infertility treatments (Ohshiro, Personal Overview).

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RED LIGHT THERapy for Male Factor Infertility

Preece tested the effects of RLT on sperm motility. He felt it was necessary to test whether there was oxidative DNA damage following irradiation. The laser used to test the effects on sperm motility was a 633nm laser that irradiated the sperm (in a laboratory) at a power density of 5.66mW/cm2 for 35 minutes from above, at an intensity of 5.66mW/cm2. They used the same laser to test the effects of red light on sperm DNA, though at a higher output (Preece). This study concluded that the “chemical mechanism of intracellular photonic absorption… increases ATP production, and thus sperm motility” (Preece). The author concludes that “exposure to red light can improve sperm motility while producing little or no DNA damage to sperm cells.” (Preece). Please note, this study was conducted with sperm samples outside of the human body.

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Grinsted reported dramatic increases in sperm count after only one PBM treatment: “we see numbers increase from 2 million/ml to more than 40 million/ml, after one treatment” (Grinsted). The author uses lights that they make themselves. The protocol consists of placing the light 1-2 cm above the testicle and irradiating one at a time for 10 seconds each, then repeating the process for a total of 2 times per testicle (near infrared laser light at 808 nm) (Grinsted). The author does not state how often to perform this therapy. I would assume twice a week would be a good place to start. Perhaps the night before IUI/IVF would be a good idea as well.

Anne Marie Jensen, author of Fertility and Physical Therapy A guide to therapy and self-treatment, warns not to undergo “laser treatment directly on your testicles” because you can overdose and end up reducing motility. She explains that LLLT, or PBM, can cause heat to develop in the testicles. This isn’t the case for oocytes. Again, do not put the light an closer than 1 or 2cm away from the skin of the testicles, and only use it for 10 seconds each one, then repeat (Jensen, Fertility).

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Hasan experimented with the effects of LLLT in spermatogenesis with the aim of improving infertility treatments. His study included 20 infertile men with an average age of 34 yrs. Seven patients were moderately oligospermic (10ml to 30ml/cc), nine were severely oligospermic (less than 10ml/cc, and four were azoospermic. All patients had failed other treatments for at least two years prior to this study. The author used a 6mW continuous wave He-Ne laser at 632.8nm with 904 nm diodes. Each testicle got 1.3 J/cm2 for 4 minutes twice per week, for a total of 10 sessions (Hasan). Please remember to use your at home model for only 10 seconds each testicle, then repeat.

There was no improvement in the azoospermic patients, but in both the moderately and severely oligospermic patients saw a 2- to 5-fold increase in sperm count after LLLT! In addition, improvement in sperm quality was observed, “the volume of ejaculate increased in 11 subjects, the number of active spermatozoa increased in 14 subjects, and there was a decrease in the volume of abnormal spermatozoa in 10 subjects” (Hasan).

PBM plus Artificial Reproductive Technologies (ART)

For anyone wondering if you can combine RLT with medicated cycles and/or IVF retrieval cycles, the answer is YES! RLT combined with the PPT, or PPLT, method of application combined with ART leads to much improved results for older women. Red Light Therapy with the PPLT increases the systemic blood flow to the ovary, in-turn enhancing the response to ART (Taniguchi).

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In a comparison between the pregnancy rate achieved in infertile women doing ART plus LLLT and those doing ART alone, there was over three times the success when LLLT is added. It is especially important in the older age groups. (Fujii, Ohshiro 2012). Preece concurs that LLLT could be used in conjunction with already established IVF techniques to improve treatment outcomes (Preece, Fujii, Taniguchi).

I used the PPT method during my previous IVF retrieval, even though we didn’t transfer any because I lost my uterus due to Placenta Percreta. We will be transferring those embryos, hopefully, in a year from now! I will be having a final retrieval this fall, 2022 to, again hopefully, add more embryos to the three we have. I am starting PPLT now and doing it once a week in preparation for that. I will start using it every other day just before baseline.

I will use PPT every other day at the end of the luteal phase just before baseline. I tried that trick once before and it doubled my follicle count! I never got more than five follicles in my right ovary; it never responded well to stimulation medications. I experimented by using PPT late in my luteal phase, just before cycle day one. To my complete bewilderment, I had 10 follicles in my right ovary at baseline! I wish I would have known that trick for my first egg retrieval! Other women have reported the same thing.

Please Note: Do not use if you have tumors or a pacemaker, or other implanted device. Always consult your doctor before trying any type of therapy.

guide to using your “red light” for infertility

Ohshiro’s method

Ohshiro’s protocol for infertile women is to have PPLT once or twice per week for 5–6 menstrual cycles. He believes the gentle massage helps the light’s effects and without it and the 2nd procedure of PPLT (Trunk stretching), it may not be as beneficial. I still only did PPT because I didn’t have that much will-power! He urges that weekly treatments are important because they may produce “a curative effect” and the quality of oocytes depends on many processes taking place during the whole oogenesis period (roughly 180 days, or 5-6 months).

Ohshiro states that the laser’s blood flow improvement effects could last a few days to one week, hence his reason for recommending the light twice per week (Taniguchi). He does not mention which cycle day to start so I assume it is also day one. As far as the length of time per session, he recommends 10 minutes on the side of the neck, a few zaps with your legs in different positions, followed by 10 minutes on the pelvis for approximately 22 or 23 minutes per session. Also, I assume you do not irradiate your womb after ovulation takes place.

the “denmark study” method

The “Denmark Method” recommends starting light therapy on cycle day one and using it every other day up until ovulation, for a total of six sessions. Each session lasted 23 minutes. The light was used over the reproductive organs and stopped on the day ovulation is to take place.

my method and advice

When I first started PBM/LLLT, I believe it was the cycle before my IVF retrieval in May, 2020, I started the day my period ended because that was what the women that I saw having success were doing. I’m not sure why they were doing it that way. This time, I am starting PPLT this week and I will do it once a week until the cycle before my retrieval in November. I will then switch to PLT method (neck first, then ovaries) and use it every other day starting at the end of my luteal phas, and I will continue to use it every other day up until trigger.

I use it as follows: I first irradiate about a 6 inch strip on the back of my neck for 15 minutes – from the base of my hairline down. I start by placing the light (mine is flat) on the back of my neck around the base of my hairline and move it down slowly every few minutes for about 6 inches. Again, not like Ohshiro’s method, but it’s got to do something because I have some issues between my C6 & C7 vertebrae, so I would use it every day on my spine where those vertebrae are located, as well as on my lower lumbar. PBM, specifically the PLT and PPLT methods, is a godsend for arthritis and inflammation. It decreases my pain and swelling significantly when I use it regularly. I’m sure I got my ovaries a bit every time I would put it on my lower back.

After using it on my neck for 15 minutes, I would then use it on my ovaries for 23 minutes. I suppose that is 38 minutes per session. You could do the back or side of your neck for just five minutes if you wanted to do it for less time. One of the ladies who had success described how she did it. She rolled up a very small piece of cloth so it was like a little rolled up coil about 1/2 in. in diameter. She put the light over her uterus and put the rolled up cloth under the top corner, see drawing below. This allowed a little light to spill out and maybe get the ovaries better.

I used it propped up with the piece of cloth for a couple of months. However, I’m overweight so I was concerned that my extra inches would skew the results so I switched to using it on my bare skin over one ovary area for 15 minutes and then the other ovary area for 15 minutes. I had serious lining issues so I didn’t get lucky until my 5th cycle using it, if I remember correctly. Once my lining got up to 8mm at trigger, I had two implant!

Personal Thoughts on the Research

The clinics in Denmark and Norway are seeing fantastic results, but I did notice that the article was written by the makers of the lasers, talk about a conflict of interest. Regardless, the results prove that RLT works quite well. In addition, the author specifically avoided calling the patients “infertile,” instead called them “fertility challenged” or something to that affect. The “Denmark Method” saw a 65% pregnancy rate with “fertility challenged” women, whereas Ohshiro’s results were much less, why?

I believe the explanation as to why Denmark and Norway are seeing such drastically better results is in the severity of the subjects. Honestly, Ohshiro’s results are more in line with what I believe the LLLT can do for women trying to conceive with advanced maternal age (AMA). He and his colleagues were very specific to repeatedly state that their patients were “severely infertile” and sometimes that simply means “aged”. He observed a 22% pregnancy rate with the most infertile patients, i.e. older, now that is impressive. Ladies over 40 usually don’t have any statistics like that in their corner.

Bottom line, I believe that using RLT without PPT or PPLT might work for younger women and women without diagnosed infertility issues like scarring or age. If you are over 35, I would absolutely use the PPT/PPLT method for even just 5 minutes before zapping your baby maker. Our spine has had years of gravitational compression, our joints have swelling, and our systemic blood flow is not what it used to be. For those reasons, I would recommend PPT/PPLT, but by all means you do not have to incorporate it.

Real-Life Success Stories

There is a small group of women I’ve had the pleasure of knowing throughout my journey. We all struggled to get pregnant, some for years like myself, and we all used RLT. Some of us got the same model of laser light that is no longer available on Amazon which is a huge bummer. It helped a good half a dozen (that I know of) women with AMA get pregnant with healthy babies, including me!

Some ladies use(d) different models and got pregnant with healthy babies and had successful deliveries, so I know it isn’t the make and model. Some of us used the PPT method while others used the “Denmark Study Method,” as we calked it. Others did a mix of both, but none of us probably got it exactly right. Also, none of us knew about the curve-ball PPT goes PPLT! Just a little leg twist here and there, and it improves systemic blood flow for days!

Please keep the following in mind:

• We all tried to get a laser with both 630nm (ish) and 830nm (ish) nodes, also with an output like the 60mW light Ohshiro uses.
• None of us continued after ovulation. Some clinics do use the light up until implantation would take place, but I cannot feel comfortable recommending that. I would stop on the day of ovulation, or the day after positive OPK.
• Out of the women who started on CD1 as in the “Denmark Study,” some found it increased their flow. This is probably a situation where the light increased the speed at which your lining is shedding and not really a cause for alarm.
• Some women have a little spotting after using the LLLT on their lower pelvis, even after their period.
• Some women report a headache after using it on the back of their neck. I never got a headache from using it, but I don’t deny its possible seeing as how PPLT causes a substantial increase in cerebral blood flow so I assume PPT does as well. I don’t recall any of the ladies saying that the headaches were severe.
• Make sure you are low enough on your pelvis. Your uterus is actually behind your pubic bone so it is very low. A lot of us have ovaries that “float” around and they might be easily missed so doing 15 minutes slightly to the left and 15 minutes slightly to the right might be more beneficial if you are unsure of where things are located.

The following is a list of LLLT/PPT successes. Not every woman has had her baby yet, but most have given birth to healthy babies over 40, over 42, even up to 45! These are women I chat with in real life come to know and appreciate. I am not using any names, and I am putting very brief details to give some background into their journeys. If I’ve missed someone, the comment section is open! If you’ve had success, please leave a comment.

None of us can say for sure whether or not LLLT/PPT, in fact, gave us our Take Home Baby (THB), but most of us are pretty damn inclined to agree. As far as I can remember, all of the following women are at least 40 years old, or older (maybe one is 39 – I hope to be corrected if I am wrong).

• K  Sub-clinical Hypo, DOR, 2 miscarriages, 1 chemical pregnancy, 1 failed IVF, used LLLT one cycle and got pregnant (around 42.5 yo, I believe), baby born healthy.
• W – 1 missed miscarriage, used LLLT for three cycles, on the third cycle she changed two things: 1) she started LLLT on CD 1 instead of after flow stops 2) she put it over one ovary at a time for 10 minutes each ovary, then an additional 20 minutes over the uterus, baby born healthy
• A – Used the light starting on cycle day one up to ovulation, 10 minutes on one side and then 15 minutes over the uterus, skipped a day, then did 10 minutes over the other ovary area followed by 15 minutes over the uterus, received first positive test after 2 years of trying, turned out to be ectopic
• T – two miscarriages, tried for 13 months, used LLLT for two cycles and got pregnant on the second cycle, used the light every other day starting at the end of flow and up until ovulation, sometimes using it on the base of the neck for 20 minutes before doing her pelvis, baby born healthy
• J – 2 chemical pregnancies, used it four times from stop of period to ovulation, last I read she was in her 32^nd week
• AN – 1 miscarriage, 1 chemical pregnancy, started using LLLT after a failed Duostim retrieval, used the light every day and ovulated late by 4–6 days, baby born healthy when she was 43, is currently pregnant with her second red light baby, due September 2022, NIPT and amnio are both reported healthy (Podcast Episode 7)
• M – 1 miscarriage, tried for 9 cycles before using LLLT, used it every other day starting on CD2 up to the date of her +OPK, 7 sessions each 23 minutes, used something other than the rolled up cloth and the light was about 1 – 2“ off of bare skin, this was first cycle using LLLT, baby born healthy
• TI – tried for nearly 2.5 years, 3 miscarriages, used LLLT first on neck for 15 mins then over each ovary separately for 15 minutes each, got pregnant 5th cycle using LLLT, two babies implanted – one very low which might have had a hand in it’s passing, though poor embryo quality is the likelier cause, one baby born healthy
• TM – 2 miscarries, tried for a couple years, used LLLT for 2 full cycles (+ a bit of one cycle when it arrived), got pregnant on the second cycle using it, baby born healthy (Podcast Episode 10)
• Tu – used the red light starting after period ended and up to ovulation along with letrozole, after two cycles, she started using LLLT on CD1 every other day on ovaries, and on the off day she used it on her neck, all sessions were 22 minutes, currently still pregnant
• KA – 3 failed IVF cycles, numerous failed IUIs, used LLLT on her neck one day, then ovaries the next, alternating between the two, baby born healthy
• DB – started using LLLT the day before CD1 until ovulation, doesn’t specify length of sessions, currently pregnant
• FB – started using LLLT after her period, varied between neck and ovaries, got pregnant same cycle, currently still pregnant and due in July 2022 (I believe)

In addition to the above, there are two women who have received positive tests after starting to use the LLLT, one after 9 months of no positives and the other after years of no positives. They are both currently still trying.

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