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NEWS photo Cindy Bellamy

ELIZABETH English, who developed the painless ‘soft
laser’? method for weight loss and quitting smoking shows
how it is applied to Darlene Miller, operator of the new
Space-Age Therapy Center utilizing the method in North
Vancouver.

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AVAILABLE IN N. VAN
Laser therapy promises

A NEW METHOD to help
smokers quit the habit also
claims to be easy, painless,
safe and 85 to 90 per cent
effective.

Soft Laser Treatment, a method
developed 3% years ago by RN
Elizabeth English, is now available
at the Space-Age Therapy Centre
in North Vancouver.

With branches in Vancouver,
Winnipeg and Mississauga, Ont.,
the centre offers smokers a chance
to quit with often as little as one
treatment.

Allit takes is 15 to 20 minutes of
treatment with a low-powered laser
applied to the various points in the
body, which English has determin-
ed through her 30-year study of
acupuncture.

English, an RN for the past 40
years, has been an_ electrolysis
specialist and pioneer in the
development of soft laser therapy.
Her method is similar to acupunc-
ture, but involves no pain or use of

heat.
Also referred to as ‘‘cold laser,””

the method involves mixing helium
and neon gases together to produce
a light beam of high wavelength
and low energy. When applied to
specific trigger points, it stimulates
the production of endorphins,
natural pain suppressors produced
by the body.

The laser also increases the pro-
duction of collagen, which aids in
tissue repair.

English spent a good deal of
time developing her methods,
which have been in use in Europe
in various forms for the past 20
years.

“I felt the need to help people
stop smoking,’’ says English.

English claims that her method
works on 85 to 90 per cent of the
smokers who take the treatment
and can also be used by those who
are trying to lose weight.

The soft laser, which emits a red
light, was initially developed by the
Howard Hughes Corporation in
1962. English’s use of the laser
does not puncture the skin.

“It’s hygenic and painless,’’ she
says.

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The treatment involves 15 to 20
minutes of the stimulation of pre-
determined points on the ear and
arm. The cost is about $95.

“It works out to be the cost of
about four cartons of cigarettes,’’
says English.

The Lonsdale office opened
Aug. 8 and appeals to a mixed
crowd. Clients have ranged in age
from 15 to 65.

‘Many who come in have tried
all methods to step smoking,”
English adds.

Darlene Miller, the owner of the
new Lonsdale outlet, was treated
by English two years ago in Win-
nipeg to stop smoking: ‘‘! smoked
a good package a day for 15 to 20
years. I tried nicorette gum and
acupuncture but it didn’t work.”

Said English: ‘‘This will do in
five seconds what a needle will do
in 15 minutes. We have doctors
coming in here for treatments and
doctors sending patients here for
treatments.””

All centre operators are trained
in Winnipeg for approximately one
month.

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