“Overall, the current evidence indicates a low risk of surpassing the Arndt–Schulz ‘bio-inhibition’ threshold, since none of the reported near-infrared protocols show performance dropoff at higher doses. The light source appears to be a large-area non-coherent LED system, suitable for broad tissue coverage without the focused penetration trade-offs of lasers. There is no credible support for transcranial formaldehyde‐dehydrogenase modulation or brain-light barrier bypass, and absent any measured radiance values there is no indication of ocular irradiance exceeding ANSI limits. Fat-melting effects align more closely with metabolic adjunct models requiring caloric control than with pure transient pore mechanics.”