Laser Hair Removal
Description of Laser Hair Removal:
Epilation by laser was performed experimentally for about 20 years before it
became commercially available in the mid 1990s. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
epilators, though technically not a laser, use xenon flash lamps that emit full
spectrum light. Laser and light-based methods, sometimes called phototricholysis
or photoepilation, are now most commonly referred to collectively as "laser hair
removal". One of the first published articles describing laser hair removal was
authored by the group at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1998.
The efficacy of laser hair removal is now generally accepted in the
dermatology community, and laser hair removal is widely practiced. Many reviews
of laser hair removal methods, safety, and efficacy have been published in the
dermatology literature.
Specific Laser Hair Removal Information
Articles, questions and answers.
