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'I have not touched a cigarette since I saw you, and it feels so good to be free of them. I truly believe that I look better, and feel so much fitter. I have really felt a huge difference in that respect.

Thanks so much for what you have done for me.'

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'Stopping smoking with Sophie's help was so easy compared to all the other ways I'd tried. From the day of the hypnotherapy session, I knew that I no longer wanted to smoke.'

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'Thank you for all your help and support. For someone who on that first day believed it would never work, it has been one of the best decisions of my life... What you have given me is the tools to use when things seem to be getting on top of me. I still use the self hypnosis nearly every day.'

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Man uses hypnosis for pain-free tooth extraction

Submitted by sophie on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 19:24.

I have just been reading this excellent article on the use of hypnosis in dental anaesthesia over at The Daily Mail .

It has a slightly misleading headline. For example, I could be wrong but I don't think that this is the first patient ever to have teeth removed using hypnosis? The recent BBC documentary on hypnosis showed an impressive and lengthy tooth extraction and replacement carried out on a female patient in Glasgow using hypnosis.

And I think the words 'dull the pain' in the headline are misleading because it appears from the content of the article that the patient, Leslie Mason, father-of-seven from Colchester in Essex, didn't experience any pain at all during the procedure.

But I am nit-picking, because it's great to see The Daily Mail spreading the word about the use of hypnosis as a safe and cost effective alternative to anaesthesia.

The article tells us:

'After avoiding the dentist for the best part of a decade, Leslie Mason was in pain and knew he needed some work.

He needed two rotten teeth and four roots removed but could not afford to pay £400 for the work and was dreading the agony he was about to endure.

He mentioned his dilemma to his friend John Ridlington, a qualified hypnotist, who revealed he had been discussing the potential of hypnosis to a dentist he knew.

A quick check confirmed Mr Mason could act as a guinea pig to test the theory and have the dental treatment for free.'

According to the article, Mr Mason underwent a two-hour procedure without anaesthetic last month and 'afterwards reported feeling nothing more than a "little sting" ':

'It was incredible. There is no worse pain than that inflicted by dentists but I didn't feel any,' said Mr Mason, 54, a DIY store worker from Colchester, Essex.

'The dentist had to dig away at the rotten roots that were right up into my jaw.

'There isn't anything I wouldn't have done under hypnosis now. It's incredible.'

Wow! I love that!

It turns out that Mr Mason had also previously used hypnosis to 'quit a 40-a-day smoking habit'.

Well done to Leslie Mason, for being such a great pioneer of hypnosis and congratulations to hypnotherapist, John Ridlington, frm Dunmow in Essex for carrying out this successful procedure. Great stuff!

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