Schroeter, 1999  Title: Hair removal in 40 hirsute women with
an intense laser-like light source.
Authors: Schroeter CA, Raulin C, Thurlimann
W, Reineke T, De Potter C, Neumann HA
Journal: Eur J Dermatol 1999 Jul-Aug;9(5):374-9
PMID: 10417441, UI: 99348619
Affiliated institution: Department
of Lasertherapy, Medical Centre Maastricht, Becanusstraat 17,
6216 BX Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Until recently, previously applied methods to remove hair have
ultimately proven ineffective or resulted in the formation of
scars and small wounds. Different methods for removing hair in
a more or less permanent way have been used: electrolysis, thermolysis
and the blend method. In this study we describe the removal of
hair without side-effects by means of non-laser incoherent emitted
light, produced by the ILS flashlamp. In a multicenter study we
treated 40 women with a median age of 38.6 years with hirsute
hair growth of different hair colours on the upper lip and chin.
In general 76.7% of the hair was removed within 6 treatments,
with an average fluence of 38.7 J/cm2 and a mean wavelength of
585 nm per patient. A correlation was found between the percentage
reduction of hairs and the number of treatments and between hair
removal and needle epilation before treatment. Furthermore, a
correlation was seen between hair reduction and wavelengths of
570 nm and 550 nm. No association was found between hair removal
and clinical data of the patients, nor between hair reduction
and technical data of the device. This study presents a new alternative
for hair removal.
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