Clinical application of laser hair removal
WEI Zhen-dong
LIN Mao
TU Cai-xia
Abstract：Excessive hair is a common aesthetics problem. A common shortage of traditional methods for hair removal is that hair matrix and follicular stem cells are hardly destroyed by these methods, therefore the effect of hair removal is only temporary. Laser hair removal is based on the theory of selective photothermolysis. The energy of laser could be selectively absorbed by melanin in hair follicle. By which, follicular bulge and follicular stem cells are totally destroyed via photothermal effect. The laser hair removal is a convenient, safe, high effective method with permanent effect. In recent years, some new devices of laser hair removal have been introduced and aroused wide concern of costumers and dermatologists. In this paper, the development history, mechanisms, clinic applications and other related factors of laser hair removal were reviewed.
Keywords：Hair removalLaserClinic application
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 281-284 )