Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 5.1
Commercially Available Lasers and Light Sources for Hair Removal
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Laser/Light
Source
Wavelength (nm)
System Name
Pulse Duration (ms)
Fluence (J/cm
2
)
Spot Size (mm)
Other Features
Ultrawave II/III (AMC Aesthetics, and
Advance Aesthetic Concepts)
Up to 300
5-500
Up to 12
Pulsed cryogen cooling
Varia (CoolTouch)
0.6
Up to 500
2-10
Dynamic cryogen cooling
Intense pulsed
light sources
520-1200
Axiom (Viora)
25-75 and 2.2-12.5
Up to 39
50 × 25, 35 × 15,
20 × 10
Builtin cooling system
420-1400
BBL (Sciton)
Up to 200
Up to 30
15 × 45
Builtin cooling system
560-590
Cynergy (Cynosure)
0.3-300
Up to 600
N/A
Builtin cooling system
400-1200
Duet/SkinStation/SpaTouch II
(Radiancy)
3-10
35
22 × 55
600-950
Ellipse I2PL/MultiFlex (Ellipse)
2.5-88.5
4-26
10 × 48
MultiFlex model with long-pulsed Nd:YAG
400-1400
EsteLux (Palomar Medical
Technologies)
10-100
Up to 28
N/A
650-950
Harmony XL (Alma Lasers)
30-50
Up to 40
30 × 30
Available with 755-nm alexandrite and
1064- and 1320-nm Nd:YAG
530-1200
iPulse (Dermavista)
5-120
Up to 20
89 sq
Air cooling
390-1200
Med Flash II (General Project)
Up to 100
Up to 45
N/A
525-1200
MediLux/StarLux Y, Ys, R, Rs (Palomar)
5-500
Up to 70
28 × 12, 46 × 16
1064 Nd:YAG handpiece for StarLux 500
500-1200
MiniSilk_FT (Deka)
3-8
Up to 160
48 × 13, 23 × 13
Contact cooling
400-1200
Mistral (Radiancy)
Up to 80
4-15
25 × 50, 13 × 50,
13 × 35, 12 × 12
640-1400
NannoLight MP50 (Sybaritic)
1-30
2.8-50
40 × 8
Nd:YAG handpiece, optional cooling
640-1200
NaturaLight (Solamed)
Up to 500
Up to 50
10 × 40
750-1100
Solera Opus (Cutera)
auto
3-24
10 × 30
550-950
PhotoSilk/PhotoLight/MiniSilk
(Cyanosure)
Up to 30
10-340
21 × 10, 46 × 10,
46 × 18
Nd:YAG handpiece
770-1100
ProWave (Cutera)
auto
5-35
10 × 30
500-1200
Quadra Q4 (DermaMed)
48
10-20
33 × 15
Builtin cooling system
695-1200
Quantum HR (Lumenis)
15-100
25-45
34 × 8
560-950
SmoothCool (Eclipse)
1-60
10-45
8 × 34
530-1200
Trios (Viora)
25
Up to 22
15 × 50
Automatic temperature control system
Fluorescent
pulsed light
615-920
OmniLight/NovaLight
(Medical Bio Care)
2-500
Up to 90
7 × 15, 10 × 20,
30 × 30
Sapphire tip cooling
Optical energy
combined with
RF electrical
energy
580-980
eMax/eLight (Syneron)
Up to 100
Up to 50 optical;
up to
50 J/cm
2
RF
12 × 15
Contact cooling
Diode combined
with RF
electrical energy
800
eLaser (Syneron)
Up to 100
Up to 50 optical;
up to 50 J/cm
2
RF
12 × 15
Contact cooling
Up to 500 Up to 90 10, 12, 14 Acoustic wave technology, integrated scanner
with cold air cooling device, 940 nm
simultaneously
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This table is intended only as a reference aid. The authors have made every attempt to provide an exhaustive list of available devices for laser hair removal but do not guarantee comprehensiveness.
Abbreviations
: Er:YAG, erbium-doped:yttrium-aluminum-garnet; IPL, intense pulsed light; Nd:YAG, neodymium-doped:yttrium-aluminum-garnet; N/A, not available; RF, radiofrequency.
810
MeDioStar Effect (Aesclepion, Jena,
Germany)
