The Use of Low Level Laser Therapy for Wound Healing in Leprosy Patients

Exclusion Criteria

• •clinically detectable infection in the ulcer
• •use of drugs, like corticosteroids that could interfere with the wound healing process
• •use of special dressings like hydrocolloid, calcium alginate, activated carbon or any kind of therapeutic procedure different from that used routinely for both groups of study
• •non-attendance to therapeutic program (six sequential times or nine intercalated)
• •pregnancy
• •discomfort during treatment procedure