'Afterglow' Vibrator Uses Low-Level Laser To Create Arousal; Inventor Discusses Secrets
Not all 2015 Oscar nominees took home the golden statuette, but they did take home an extravagant gift bag worth a staggering $160,000. Among the decadent gifts, which included a nine-night Italian vacation package ($11,500), a Matrone Cycling designer bike ($1,200), and a year’s worth of car rentals ($20,000), nothing turned heads faster than the Afterglow vibrator ($199).
Afterglow uses photobiomodulation — the effect of light energy on the body — to create an enzyme that increases blood flow and gets the body ready for waves of pleasure known as cGMP. Touted as the first vibrator to utilize low-level laser technology, those close to the device compare it to Viagra for women with none of the side effects.
“If we look at the sexual experience, it’s physiological, it’s medical,” Dr. Ralph Zipper, urogynecologist and Afterglow inventor, told the NY Daily News. “It amazes me that nobody had ever endeavored to bring medical technology to the adult toy space.”
Zipper says he came up with the idea for Afterglow after women he had been treating for pelvic pain or overactive bladders started experiencing intense orgasms while undergoing laser therapy. Settings that control the toy’s intensity mean users can decide how quickly they would like to orgasm by choosing between 85 variations of vibration and light energy.