LightSpeed Training's "Laser Library"
 Lasertrolysis of Naples
is a promotional site run by a Florida-based team that offers
training for laser hair removal practitioners.
The two main employees Wally Roberts and Alison Sahoo, have been
involved in promoting and selling lasers for years. Sahoo's dad
used to run Palomar Medical Technologies, and she was their corporate
promoter until her dad was ousted from the company. Sahoo has
a history of overexaggerating laser efficacy for hair removal,
especially the lasers she is promoting at any given time. Roberts
trademarked the misleading marketing term "lasertrolysis"
and had taken money from laser manufacturers to promote the use
of the devices by non-physicians.
The most troubling section of their website is their “Laser Library.”
This area has some useful and unique hair removal information,
but many of the "medical papers" on laser hair removal
are simply promotional materials from laser manufacturers and
practitioners, or trade publication articles.
I sort out what's what below. Only 7 of the 50-plus items presented
are actual published clinical data. In fact, most of the information
is promotional material supplied by Sahoo's former employer Palomar
or by others associated with laser manufacturers.
This section has a tiny Photo Gallery, but there have been no updates
to the photos since 1999. Photos are also poorly described and
have no long-term follow-up.
Below is my analysis of the 50 articles in this "laser library,"
in the order presented on their website. The column on the left
opens the original article. The Recommended Reading
column will give you a more accurate view of published clinical
results for that method of hair removal.
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