Microcurrents

Alessandro Volta created the first battery in 1800 by submersing a piece of paper placed between plates of silver and zinc in saltwater. This construct produced an electrochemical reaction and is commonly known as a “Voltaic Cell” or “Galvanic Cell”.

Electricity via gold foil was used three centuries ago to minimize the scarring of smallpox lesions.

In 1940 Burr showed that bioelectric potentials exist normally in skin. These potentials become electronegative after injury and persist during the course of normal healing. Multiple studies in humans and animals have confirmed this phenomenon.

Becker in the 1960’s did work that confirmed the presence of multiple direct current surface potentials in living animal tissue. He showed that injuries cause a localized shift in the current flow. This electrical shift is thought to be the stimulus of the wound healing process. An electrical shift in the localized biocurrents, after injury, to a more electronegative status is a necessary precursor to healing.

Becker’s work in the 1980’s confirmed the electrical activity and the presence of a human “skin battery”. Becker further documented this electrical phenomenon in acute wounds when he demonstrated the activation of electrical currents in traumatic pediatric fingertip amputations.

There are dozens of studies that confirm the vital nature of the current in healing. It is known that while dry wounds have no electrical current, balanced wounds with the electronegative current (either endogenous or exogenous) heal faster and stronger.