In the past, we were able to treat facial blood vessels, freckles and other sun-induced pigmentation, wrinkles, and tattoos using our KTP, Nd:YAG, and UltraPulse CO2 lasers. For hair removal , however, these lasers were less than optimal with regard to both safety and effectiveness. When the long-wavelength Cutera CoolGlide Excel laser was introduced, I concluded…
For 15 years, Malek Aziz visited his barber every Friday night to get his beard trimmed. Now, the Brooklyn auto-shops owner is using a manicuring tactic far more extreme: laser hair removal. “It’s a mature look, ” he tells The Post of his immaculate beard. And it’s one that adds shape, he says, to his “not very slim” face. Aziz, a 39-year-old who lives in East…
History of the Procedure Goldman et al first described ruby-laser injury to pigmented hair follicles in 1963. In 1983, Oshiro and Maruyama noted hair loss from nevi after treatment with a ruby laser. However, at fluences affecting hair follicles, the epidermis was severely damaged. The theory of selective photothermolysis that Anderson and Parrish developed in…
