Kae­lanne Jor­dan

In­dra See­gob­in looks ten years younger since she quit smok­ing in 2006. Af­ter al­most 25 years of smok­ing, it took one sim­ple pro­ce­dure. In just one hour, she achieved suc­cess with­out the use of drugs, gum, patch­es, hyp­no­sis or nee­dles; in­stead, she opt­ed for a quick, pain­less and ef­fec­tive so­lu­tion in laser ther­a­py/treat­ment. The soft laser in laser ther­a­py pro­duces a beam of light at a high wave­length and low en­er­gy lev­el with no more pow­er than a 60-watt light bulb. It is a pure form of light en­er­gy of a spe­cif­ic colour, which has prop­er­ties that are help­ful in con­trol­ling ad­dic­tions and en­hanc­ing re­lax­ation. Fas­ci­nat­ed by her ac­com­plish­ment ever since she quit smok­ing, to­day she is the on­ly cer­ti­fied Laser Ther­a­pist op­er­at­ing lo­cal­ly. She treats nico­tine, co­caine and mar­i­jua­na ad­dic­tions at her busi­ness, In­di Day Spa and Laser Ther­a­py. Lo­cat­ed at Joyce Road Cara­pichaima since Jan­u­ary 2011, she has been prac­tic­ing since 2007 lo­cal­ly, how­ev­er, In­dra See­gob­in is al­so a mem­ber of World As­so­ci­a­tion for Laser Ther­a­py (WALT), an or­gan­i­sa­tion aimed at pro­mot­ing re­search, ed­u­ca­tion and clin­i­cal ap­pli­ca­tion of laser pho­to­stim­u­la­tion world-wide. "The thing about laser ther­a­py though, is not many peo­ple un­der­stand the con­cept" says See­gob­in. "And when some­thing is for­eign to you, it sounds daunt­ing. But it is a pain­less pro­ce­dure- mean­ing no nee­dles, no med­ica­tion, no surgery and even no side ef­fects." she ex­plains. Ac­cord­ing to In­dra, laser ther­a­py is safe, non-in­va­sive and has been proven to be ef­fec­tive world­wide with an as­tound­ing 90-95 per­cent suc­cess rate. In fact, laser ther­a­py is now be­ing coined as the best way to treat nico­tine ad­dic­tion. Peo­ple like Glen Lean­za, a smok­er for 40 years who un­der­went laser ther­a­py for nico­tine ad­dic­tion can tes­ti­fy to this, "I tried oth­er meth­ods to kick my nasty habit but as soon as the stress built up, I smoked." Af­ter us­ing laser ther­a­py, Lean­za is now free from his ad­dic­tion since 2010.

How does it work?

It in­volves the ap­pli­ca­tion of a laser beam that tar­gets spe­cif­ic en­er­gy points lo­cat­ed about the body, known as the merid­i­an points. This helps stim­u­late the re­lease of en­dor­phins, our own nat­ur­al body chem­i­cal, which helps with the re­lief of pain and stress. The laser treat­ment will put you back in con­trol, help sup­press your ap­petite, help you deal with crav­ings, and help make you less ob­sessed with your ad­dic­tions. This sim­ply means that the in­creased pro­duc­tion of this chem­i­cal sup­press­es your urge for nico­tine, and ad­dic­tion. When you smoke, your body does not pro­duce en­dor­phins like a non-smok­er. You re­ly on the cig­a­rettes to give you the re­lax­ing feel­ing which non-smok­ers get nat­u­ral­ly on their own. Once you have the laser ther­a­py ses­sion, it will trig­ger the re­lease of the en­dor­phins and your body will con­tin­ue to re­lease them as need­ed just as a non-smok­er does. Spe­cif­ic merid­i­an points are se­lect­ed in the ear, face, hands, wrist and feet. Points of con­tact in­volve crav­ing, with­draw­al, anx­i­ety, as well as a num­ber of ap­petite sup­pres­sion points that pre­vent the trans­fer of ad­dic­tion to food, overeat­ing and gain­ing weight. Low-lev­el laser treat­ment calms and re­lax­es the mind, re­duc­ing anx­i­ety and al­le­vi­at­ing de­pres­sive feel­ings, which make it eas­i­er to cope with the ad­dic­tion with­draw­al symp­toms and crav­ings that arise from giv­ing up nico­tine.

What is the first step?

"Don't be scared, you would be amazed," In­dra says "This treat­ment is de­signed for smok­ers who would like to quit but can­not achieve that goal on their own. "If you come in­to the treat­ment and you're not ready, you're go­ing to fall short. "In just two treat­ments you can be­come smoke free.- "The first step is to have a nico­tine breathal­yser test done to show the per­cent­age of nico­tine in the blood. "Any amount un­der 3.20 per­cent of nico­tine is a can­di­date for two treat­ments. The sec­ond treat­ment must be done in 72 hours af­ter the first treat­ment. "Any amount be­yond 3.20 per­cent is a can­di­date for three treat­ments." From the time a client books his/ her ap­point­ment, they can con­tin­ue smok­ing un­til the day of his/ her ap­point­ment.

What can I ex­pect?

The treat­ment is to­tal­ly pain­less and en­tire­ly safe. A cold, soft, low-lev­el laser light con­tacts spe­cif­ic merid­i­an points on the body, which aids in con­trol­ling ad­dic­tions, en­hanc­ing re­lax­ation and cre­at­ing a state of well be­ing while com­bat­ing nico­tine crav­ings. "The ac­tu­al laser treat­ment takes 45 min­utes to one hour to ad­min­is­ter," In­dra says. In­dra al­so tar­gets the psy­cho­log­i­cal as­pect of the treat­ment with a re­view of the treat­ment, ad­dic­tion, be­hav­ior mod­i­fi­ca­tion tech­niques and post vis­it in­struc­tions.

What re­ac­tions will I have?

You will feel a sense of re­lax­ation and it is com­mon for some peo­ple to feel drowsy. Rest is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed af­ter the treat­ment. Nar­ine Kissoon, a smok­er for 28 years who went through the laser ther­a­py with See­gob­in says he is not on­ly nico­tine free since his 2011 treat­ment, but he al­so feels more en­er­gised, his ap­petite has opened up and he feels health­i­er.

Is the treat­ment guar­an­teed?

You can come back for a sec­ond ses­sion, called a boost­er treat­ment with­in months from your first treat­ment. The rea­sons that peo­ple come back for a boost­er are usu­al­ly stress­ful events in their lives, such as a tragedy or a loss, or be­ing around smok­ers.

For more in­for­ma­tion you can email In­dra See­gob­in at in­drasee­gob­in10@gmail.com