LightSpeed Training’s “Laser Library”
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.
| Author (date) | Credentials | Manufacturer affiliation | Article type | Recommended reading | Comments |
| Klavuhn (2001) | Ph.D. | Coherent | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| Klavuhn (2001) | Ph.D. | Coherent | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| Anderson (2000) | M.D. | Palomar/Coherent | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| Battle (2000) | M.D. | Palomar/Coherent | promotional material | Diode laser | |
| Campos (2000) | M.D. | Palomar/Coherent | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| Klavuhn (2000) | Ph.D. | Coherent | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| Klavuhn (2000) | Ph.D. | Coherent | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| Spertell (1999) | researcher | Microwave Medical | promotional material | Microwave | |
| Sadick (1999) | M.D. | published | Flash lamp | ||
| Bencini (1999) | M.D. | published | Nd:YAG laser | ||
| Kilmer (1999) | M.D. | Altus Medical | promotional material | Nd:YAG laser | see kilmer 97 |
| Adrian (1999) | M.D. | Coherent Star | not peer-reviewed | Diode laser | |
| Dierickx (1999) | M.D. | (no longer available) | web article | Laser overview | |
| Pope (1999) | researcher | Candela | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| xxx (1999) | trade article | Laser overview | |||
| xxx (1999) | trade article | Ruby laser | |||
| Dierickx (1999) | M.D. | Palomar | published | Diode laser | |
| Dierickx (1999) | M.D. | Palomar | published | Ruby laser | |
| Reiss (1999) | journalist | MGH (Coherent) | trade article | Laser overview | |
| Sahoo (1999) | marketer | Microwave Medical | promotional material | Microwave | |
| [uncredited] (1999) | manufacturer | Palomar | promotional material | Ruby laser | |
| [uncredited] (1999) | manufacturer | Cynosure | promotional material | Alexandrite laser | |
| Tankovich (1999) | M.D. | Thermolase | promotional material | Nd:YAG laser | |
| Owens (1998) | electrologist | web article | Laser overview | ||
| Tanghetti (1998) | M.D. | (no longer available) | web article | Laser overview | |
| Nidecker (1998) | journalist | trade article | Laser overview | ||
| Guttman (1998) | journalist | trade article | Laser overview | see kilmer comp | |
| Perricone (1998) | M.D. | med. journal suppl. | Laser overview | ||
| Anderson (1998) | M.D. | MGH (Palomar) | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| [uncredited] (1998) | marketer | Palomar | promotional material | Ruby laser | |
| Hsia (1998) | researcher | Candela | promotional material | Alexandrite laser | |
| Bowser (1998) | journalist | Microwave Medical | trade article | Microwave | |
| [uncredited] (1998) | marketer | (no longer available) | promotional website | laser clinic list | |
| Raven (1998) | researcher | Diomed | trade article | Diode laser | |
| Sahoo (1998) | marketer | MGH | promotional material | PDT overview | |
| Finkel (1998) | M.D. | published | Alexandrite laser | ||
| Sahoo (1998) | marketer | ESC (Sharplan) | promotional material | Ruby laser | see lask |
| Sahoo (1998) | marketer | ESC | promotional material | Flash lamp | |
| Sahoo (1998) | marketer | Mehl/Biophile | promotional material | Ruby laser | see bjerring |
| Kritzer (1998) | marketer | Cynosure | promotional material | Alexandrite laser | see connolly 97 |
| Furman (1998) | pharmacist | beautician newsletter | Waxing | ||
| [Sarnoff] (1998) | M.D. | NYU (MGH/Palomar) | book advertisement | Laser overview | |
| Anderson (1998) | M.D. | MGH (Palomar/Coherent) | promotional material | Diode laser | see grossman 98 |
| Anderson (1998) | M.D. | MGH (Palomar) | promotional material | Ruby laser | see dierickx 98 |
| Sahoo (1997) | marketer | Palomar | promotional material | Laser overview | * |
| Lancer (1997) | M.D. | promotional material | Lasers and skin | see fitzpatrick | |
| Wheeland (1997) | M.D. | published | Laser overview | * | |
| [uncredited] (1997) | marketer | Palomar | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| Anderson (1997) | M.D. | MGH (Palomar) | promotional material | Ruby laser | |
| Anderson (1997) | M.D. | MGH (Palomar) | promotional material | Laser overview | |
| Chernoff (1997) | M.D. | published | Laser overview | * | |
| Bader (1996) | M.D. | MGH | promotional poster | Laser eye safety |
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