Laser Hair Removal: What You Need to Know

Name: Laser Hair Removal: What You Need to Know
Uploaded: 2024-12-17T13:00:01+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A short expert YouTube segment (speaker: Dr. Charles Mok) summarizing laser hair removal: early FDA-cleared devices appeared in the 1990s with wider…

17 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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A short expert YouTube segment (speaker: Dr. Charles Mok) summarizing laser hair removal: early FDA-cleared devices appeared in the 1990s with wider uptake in the early 2000s; clinical practice often under-treats patients because procedures are rushed; for diode lasers the speaker recommends delivering a total fluence/energy of about 60–100 J/cm².

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1990s

Early 2000s

Approximately 60–100 J/cm²

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Laser hair removal, it's here to stay. It works great. First laser hair device that was FDA cleared to permanently reduce hair was in the 1990s and lure started in the early 2000s. We have early experience people are being under treated because they don't have a process for getting enough energy in. And both the technician, the patients want this thing to be over with. So you kind of maybe rush it a little bit. You're talking to somebody with laser hair, you ask them, how do you know you're getting enough energy in there? And they're probably using a diode laser. And we want to get a total fluence or energy of 60 to 100 Joules per centimeter meter squared.