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Many clients ask what the difference is between electrolysis and laser treatments. The answer is that both procedures vary greatly, but deciding which is right for you depends heavily on skin type, hair type and personal preference. Electrolysis has been around for a long time and is the only way to “permanently” remove the hair follicle. Laser hair removal is a relatively newer technology and works best on dark-haired, light-skinned candidates. Electrolysis will work for virtually all skin types and colors, but can take longer to clear a large area of hair compared to laser removal. ElectrolysisWhat is electrolysis?Electrolysis is performed by gently inserting a small, sterile probe into the follicle along side of the hair. An electrical pulse is sent down the needle, impairing its ability to produce hair.

Is electrolysis safe?Electrolysis has been in existence for over 135 years and is the only proven form of permanent hair removal. It is clinically proven to be safe and effective. Unlike other methods, electrolysis eliminates ANY hair and treats ALL skin types with no negative side effects.

Is electrolysis painful?Electrolysis is not nearly as painful as waxing, threading or other hair removal procedures. Some sensation may be felt as the needle enters the follicle and the current is discharged, but most patients can tolerate electrolysis without requiring pain relief.

Can electrolysis cause scarring?After the hair has been removed, the skin may appear to have a slight redness, and possibly even a tiny scab could occur after the procedure. These should disappear within hours after the treatment. Electrolysis performed by a well-trained and registered technician should never result in burning or scarring. It is very important that you see an electrologist who has experience with your skin type.

How long does electrolysis take?Depending upon the area of your body that needs the treatment, full removal could take several months and multiple treatments to complete. In some cases, a laser hair removal procedure can help speed up the process on large treatment areas, but this is not always the case and depends on your skin type. Consult your electrologist about the best course of action that is both time- and cost-effective.

Laser Hair Removal

What is Laser hair removal?Laser hair removal is a procedure that uses an intense, pulsating beam of light to remove unwanted hair. This light targets dark pigment, called melanin, in the hair shaft area while not heating up or damaging the outer layer of skin.Who should get laser hair removal?Both men and women seek laser hair removal because it can treat large areas in minutes. Laser works best on light skin, dark coarse hairs.

Does it hurt?If you compare laser removal to waxing, a laser is not nearly as painful – but is probably a bit more painful than tweezing. When the pulsed light touches your skin, it feels like being snapped with a rubber band.

Can laser removal cause scarring?Laser removal should not cause any scarring. Your skin may have some redness to it after the treatment, but this will disappear within hours.

When will I see results?On average, most clients see an 80% reduction in hair growth after a series of four to eight treatments. Laser appointments are spaced 4 to 8 weeks apart, depending on the area being treated.

How long does it last?To keep an area totally hair-free, MAINTENANCE TREATMENTS ARE ALWAYS REQUIRED. At Berkshire Hair Removal, we use the FDA-cleared state-of-the-art Candela Gentlelase system.

Visit Berkshire Hair Removal for more information on electrolysis and laser hair removal.

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Recent years, lasers have become foreign industrial machinery and processing industry in the important equipment, widely used in cutting, drilling, Korea hunger and heat treatment processes. Laser processing is not only easy to automate, and high economic efficiency.

Use lasers usually be processed according to the nature of the material, because different materials absorb different wavelengths suitable for the laser beam. Such as metal materials generally easy to absorb the laser beam wavelength of 1.06 m, while the plastic and ceramic composite materials are easier to absorb the laser beam wavelength of 10.6 m. Currently there are two commonly used laser, a carbon dioxide laser, the other is solid-state Nd – YAG laser.

Carbon dioxide laser is the most widely used lasers, the output power is 50 ~ 1500W, laser beam wavelength of 10.6 m, mainly used for cutting, drilling and welding. Use Laser Cutting At about the speed of 7.5m per minute under the cutting width of only 0.1 ~ 0.3mm, so, you can cut the “heat affected zone” to minimize, and were cut out of a clear outline, no burr. As the speed of laser drilling, and thus solve the cracking of the ceramic in the drilling of the problem, such as 0.6mm thick 1.3mm diameter ceramic drill blank each time only 0.3S. Some countries have been replaced with carbon dioxide laser beam welding, laser welding can be used as the electron beam did not have to be in a vacuum, which simplifies the process and reduce costs.

Solid state Nd – YAG laser into industrial applications, the time is relatively short, the output power is 10 ~ 400W, laser beam wavelength of 1.06 m, easily absorbed by metal material, currently used for low-power precision drilling and electronic industries in the sealing process and spot welding.

Japan’s Nissan Motor Co. steel surface by laser treatment to improve the gloss paint has been successful. This method is carried out in spray paint on the steel sheet prior to the surface with a laser beam etching process, is the steel plate surface diameter and depth of numerous tiny air evenly, and then to spray-paint treatment. This will not only improve the gloss, and paint is not easy to fall off. Volkswagen combination of laser and robot systems, processing and automotive dashboard shell, use the carbon dioxide laser power of 400W, the annual savings of processing costs 600,000 U.S. dollars. German car company, another carbon dioxide laser welding galvanized steel, mechanical visual system to monitor the welding process, greatly improve the efficiency of production. U.S. General Motors vehicles with power 1000W laser cutting of carbon dioxide into the exhaust pipe, not only improve the efficacy of 30%, and the cutting quality. Ford Motor Company uses 1500W of carbon dioxide laser cutting of PVC composite material, high efficiency, but also automation. Italian Fiat production line installed in the laser – the robot combined system, not only saves labor, but also to speed up the production process.

Russia will also be used for laser machining industry. A factory with the laser used on locomotive traction engine block for quenching success. Laser can be processed within one second surface heated to 1000, rapid quenching, completely avoid the deformation of the machining area, and to parts of the surface wear resistance increased by 50%.

The laser processing of a number of advantages, some countries also to develop new Laser processing machine Such as Japan and the United States created a laser machine. With the development of science and technology, laser applications in industry will be more extensive.

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The art of laser dentistry is a more recent addition to the various techniques and methods that a dental professional can introduce to his patient. Despite being fairly new to the field, this form of treatment is highly praised by many doctors and is often recommended by dentists for many different dental applications. This technique is often used for either hard tissue treatment or soft tissue issues. Hard tissue means the tooth itself. There are many different uses for this technology and there are also a variety of ways that this is implemented.

Benefits with Hard Tissue

In this aspect, laser dentistry is used for preparing a tooth for the application of fillings as well as the detection of cavities. In this respect, it is faster than manual searching for cavities and also more thorough. It can detect the earlier signs of a cavity better than a dentist manually probing the nooks and crannies of a tooth. This is also a good way to minimize the patient

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Like most treatments, laser therapy can benefit from image guidance. A Houston-based company has developed an MRI-guided system that has been tested and is now FDA-approved.

Laser induced thermal therapy (LITT) destroys unhealthy tissue, like cancer, with the intense heat supplied from a laser. The laser light is channeled through an optical fiber that can be inserted practically anywhere in the body. One of the biggest challenges in LITT is that the target cannot get too hot, otherwise it will char – thus preventing further laser light from penetrating into the tissue.

To avoid this, physicians have traditionally measured the temperature at some point near the target using a thermometer-like probe. But real-time imaging could provide a non-invasive means to monitor the temperature throughout the target region. In particular, MRI provides a sensitive temperature probe. The frequency of the MRI signal, which depends on the magnetic properties of water molecules, shifts as the temperature of the corresponding tissue changes.

Using this effect, Visualase, Inc., has developed a closed-loop MRI guided LITT system that provides the user with a temperature map of the target region and calculates the corresponding dose (i.e. the likelihood that cells in some region will die from the applied heat). If nearby healthy tissue is receiving too much heat, or if the temperature is approaching the charring temperature, the user can respond by changing the laser power or shutting it off, which helps to increase both the safety and efficacy of the procedure.

Trials of the system were independently performed on canines by R. Jason Stafford from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and his collaborators. Several LITT lesions were made in the brain, spine and prostate with MRI guidance. The results showed that the machine’s calculated dose matched up well with a post-operation assessment. Initial safety studies have also been performed in human patients and the device has recently received FDA approval. Stafford thinks MRI-guided LITT will provide a less invasive alternative to conventional surgery. He is currently working to improve the real-time targeting and heat delivery.

The research was described in the talk, “Closed-Loop Guidance of Laser Induced Thermal Therapy Using MRI,” presented July 31, 2008 at the 50th meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

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Entrepreneur Craig Nabat is Dedicated to Freeing the World from Nicotine Addiction using Quit Smoking Laser Therapy

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) March 23, 2006

Craig Nabat and his sky-rocketing company Freedom Laser Therapy is gearing up to go nationwide.

The man has ambitious plans to free the world from nicotine addiction using quit-smoking laser therapy. Many of Freedom’s clients are quitting with only one session.

Craig Nabat, a former smoker had not smoked a cigarette for 7 years. Then, one stressed out business trip in Hong Kong, he bummed a cigarette off a bar patron to make conversation. Immediately, he was addicted again, and ended up chain smoking the remainder of the trip.

“I am very passionate about this,” states Nabat, who says that getting off cigarettes was the hardest thing he has ever done in his life. “It took me years to quit smoking. Then, in a moment of bad judgment — I was back to smoking a pack and a half a day. I ended up struggling with the smoking addiction for the next year and a half.”

Nabat tried to quit smoking using the patch and gum without success. Then, he learned about a low-level laser therapy treatment being performed in Canada that could assist a smoker in breaking their addiction with one 30-minute session.

The treatment had been used successfully for smoking cessation in Europe and Canada for the past 35 years. “I’m from Detroit and ended up driving to Canada for the laser therapy. I began really hating smoking and knew it was killing me. It was killing me physically and I was feeling bad, but still couldn’t quit. I had the laser therapy and didn’t suffer any physical withdrawals. It was great! Next I got my mom, also a heavy smoker to get treated. “If she could get off smoking, then, I knew anyone could.”

Nabat researched the industry and waited for this laser technology to become legalized in the United States for clinical research trials. His plan: is to rapidly set up quit smoking laser therapy clinics throughout the United States. With an extensive marketing background, he decided to launch his company–Freedom Laser Therapy in Los Angeles — the capitol of revolutionary health & beauty treatments.

Nabat launched his first clinic in Los Angeles, California. “Word spread and people desperate to quit were coming…some of the biggest names in Hollywood were walking through the doors of Freedom Laser Therapy.”

Celebrities have incredible power and influence. And, they have ability to directly and indirectly drive millions of smokers to give up smoking. Statistics quote that as many as 50% of smokers say they started smoking after watching a favorite actor smoke on TV or in a film. Imagine how many teenagers might stay away from cigarettes in the first place, if celebrities no longer portrayed that it was cool.

Nabat moved to Los Angeles driven to help celebrities get off smoking, hoping once they did…they would let other smokers — especially young people, know how easy it is to quit using the laser therapy procedure.

There are 4,700 toxins in every cigarette — 60 cause cancer. Nabat says, “Cigarettes are just a bad product.” Within 5 years, States across the nation will ban smoking inside office buildings and restaurants. Smokers really will not be able to smoke anywhere in public.

According to Nabat, the key to quitting smoking is first break the physical addiction — that takes approximately three days. The laser probes stimulate specific acupuncture points on hands, face, ears and wrists, intended to alleviate nicotine withdrawals. Then the smoker is instructed to detoxify their body with provided vitamins and anti-oxidants, which are taken for the next 10 days.

“Smokers need to see cigarettes for what they are,” states Nabat. “This product was ingeniously marketed to all of us. People smoke because of nicotine, not cigarettes. It’s the only product on the market known to kill mass amounts of people and is still sold. 70% of smokers want to quit, but can’t. They’re addicted.”

Freedom Laser Therapy has two locations: Los Angeles, California and Detroit, Michigan and is opening other treatment sites around the world. Freedom Laser Therapy specializes in nicotine addiction and will ultimately offer drug & alcohol treatments in clinics staffed by healthcare professionals.

The low-laser therapy operates on the principles of acupuncture to help alleviate nicotine withdrawal symptoms. During treatment the client watches a video educating the smoker on their behavioral addiction, vitamins and antioxidants are provided, plus a quit smoking support kit that prefaces they can never take another puff of nicotine again.

Freedom Laser Therapy’s franchise company is set to open soon, it has been 3 years in the making. Nabat says, “My Main Goal is to Let Smokers Who Want to Quit Know That There is Now an Easier Way to Quit Smoking.”

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Laser therapy is a very safe, gentle, painless method of treatment. Low Level Lasers have been around for over 30 years and have a wide range of uses. Light therapy is being increasingly used by the medical profession because of the tissue regeneration effects. Therapeutic lasers are currently used in the treatment of ulcers, pain management, verrucae, non-needle acupuncture, osteoarthritis, foot, hip, knee, neck and back problems. LLLT is very versatile in use, speeding up healing and treatment times. A lot of research has been done on Low Level Laser Therapy with very positive outcomes. Treatment times are short and very manageable for the patient and therapist.

What is light therapy?

Light therapy is a beam of light that is reflected and is delivered effectively through hand held probes. These wavelengths of light stimulate healing cells in the body enabling it to heal itself. In the same way that plants respond to the sun light through photosynthesis our body responds to the healing effects of light therapy. Low Level Lasers must not be confused with a thermal laser as it does not burn or harm the skin.

How does Low Level Laser work?

A gentle powerful reflective beam of light is delivered through hand help probes in particular wave lengths which stimulate the healing cells in the body, enabling the body to heal itself. The bodies pain mechanisms can be stimulated with light therapy, encouraging the bodies natural morphine, endorphins to have a significant effect in controlling pain. The effects of photosynthesis such as helping plants to grow have been well known for many thousands of years, dating back to the Egyptian times. Class 3 B lasers have been adapted to wonderful effect and are used by Podiatrists, physiotherapists in their clinics. It is the modern way of encouraging a very powerful light to heal the body.

Advantages of Low Level Laser

- Treatment Very short treatment times.

- Very safe, with just few a cautions for usage. Painless, gentle therapeutic therapy.

- Reduction in dressings, drug costs and a reduced scarring in post surgery.

- Can be used in the treatment of chronic wounds, pain management, musculoskeletal medicine and non needle acupuncture.

- Non invasive form of treatment.

- Evidenced based therapy with much research to back up its use. Speeds up healing to enable the body to heal itself.

- Effects noticed after only 1-2 treatments.

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Permanent hair removal has been available in some form for 125 years; the first electrolysis machine was invented in the late 1800s by an ophthalmologist who used the device to treat ingrown eyelashes (trichiasis). Since then, numerous electrolysis machines have been patented, but no new hair removal technology appeared until lasers entered the consumer market in the 1960s.

While electrolysis is undeniably effective, it can only target one hair at a time. The holy grail of permanent hair removal has always been the bulk treatment of many hair follicles at once. This reduces the time needed to treat an area of skin by a factor of several hundred.

The first lasers used in dermatology in the mid to late 1960s emitted a continuous wave, an impractical feature for hair removal since the beam also damaged adjacent tissue. The development of the Q-switch, similar to a camera shutter, allowed the beam to be emitted in timed pulses.

In the late 60s, early laser hair removal devices targetted individual follicles through a wire-thin fiberoptic probe, later modified into a penlight-type device. These devices were difficult to use, just as electrolysis probes are, and in addition were ineffective at destroying the hair follicle. The FDA forced the removal of these devices from the marketplace due to false advertising.

In a repeat of history, the late 70′s saw the introduction of a laser device to treat ingrown eyelashes. This led to the introduction of argon laser equipment to treat unwanted hair elsewhere on the body, but this device also proved to be useless for body hair.

Other dermatologists noticed that lasers used to treat tatoos and vascular lesions produced hair loss in the adjacent tissue, which led to more experiments.

1995 the first FDA-approved laser hair removal device was introduced, the SoftLight by ThermoLase. However, FDA approval does not mean that a device is effective; it just means that according to the FDA’s inspectors, it is not acutely dangerous and makes no medicinal claims that have not been substantiated by research.

The SoftLight used a carbon-based lotion which was rubbed into the skin immediately following hair removal by waxing. Theoretically, the lotion would penetrate into the open hair follicle, and then the laser would be applied to heat the accumulated carbon and destroy the follicle. However, this device proved less effective than light devices that targeted the hair follicle pigments naturally present in skin.

The company which produced SoftLight initially made an excellent profit by offering what they claimed was permanent hair removal through a chain of proprietary clinics called Spa Thira. However, by 1997, a medical study which followed treated patients found full hair regrowth, and in 1998 and 1999 successful lawsuits against the company forced it to cease manufacturing the devices.

In 1997, the FDA approved several more devices which target the melanin in the hair follicle. These devices have better results than the earlier versions; however, some are still so new it is difficult to tell if the hair removal is permanent. Of the 9 laser or light-based systems currently being used, 2 of these use non-laser light. The non-laser technologies use columnated light of many wavelengths which the system operator filters to select the wavelength most likely to be absorbed by the melanin in the patient’s follicles.

Some consumers claim they have experienced long-lasting hair removal with the newer lasers. The treatments are safe if performed properly, and are useful for large areas such as the back or legs, where electrolysis would be a tedious, painstaking process. Even when hair is not completely removed, it grows back finer and lighter. Light-skinned patients with dark hair have the best results. The treatments are said to be more comfortable than electrolysis, and patients can usually tolerate them without analgesics.

3-4 year results are available for some systems such as pulsed light, but most of the newer machines have not been around long enough for long-term data to be available. Also, light-based devices do not work well on blondes or redheads, or people with dark skin. Untrained technicians can cause burns, lesions, skin discolorations and in some cases scars.

It is important to remember that any permanent hair removal treatment must be repeated several times, over a period of at least 1-2 years. At any given time, most hair follicles are in the dormant stage, not producing any hairs, and if there is no dark hair in a follicle, laser/light systems will not have any effect. However, after a year or two, most follicles will have restarted their growth cycle.

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By Judith Sloan–We all remember going to the dentist, opening wide, and listening with held breath while he examined our teeth for decay. “Please, no cavities,” we prayed.With his prickly instrument in hand, our dentist probed every tooth, looking for “soft” spots where decay had invaded our once hard, pristine dental enamel. And when the point found its quarry, a tiny spot of decay, he would nod and say, “We’ve got a small one here. We’ll watch to see if it grows into something.”No longer. Fast-forward to 2004, and the prickly instrument takes a back seat to a high-tech laser probe that lands a preemptive strike in the battle against decay. Make way for “Minimally Invasive Dentistry.” The mouthful of words means simply that dentists no longer allow dots of decay to advance into large craters. Armed with the ultimate in high-tech sleuthing, they now set out to find decay–at the earliest possible moment. “Now we can absolutely eliminate many large fillings that lead to cracked teeth, crowns and other more invasive treatment,” says Dr. Daniel J. Deutsch, of the Washington Center for Dentistry in Washington, DC.Here’s how it works: The dental decay finder touches the surface of every tooth, each time flashing a digital score that reports the presence of decay. A tooth that scores above a certain number–has at least the tiniest dot of decay.And getting at the teeny offending area involves another technological wonder. A gentle dental “sandblaster” uses tiny particles to whisk away decay in layers. The area gets filled in with a tooth-colored liquid that hardens in seconds under a special light.Patients walk out of the office with tiny fillings.”And the best part,” says Dr. Deutsch, “is they have treatment with no needle and no drill!” To read more about laser tooth decay detection, please visit http://www.washdent.com/services.html.

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