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Shedding light on lasers/IPL/VPL/LHE
Not all lasers are the same!
A confusing number of treatments exist, using differing kinds of laser/IPL/VPL/LHE technology. All claim to result in benefits to the client and some
are more successful than others in terms of lasting results and potential side effects.
Listed below are the various types of laser/IPL/VPL/LHE systems commonly used for hair removal and skin treatments.
Cristianos uses the Chromos 694 Ruby Laser solely for hair removal and the Energist Ultra VPL System for Asian skin type hair removal and a
vast range of skin treatments.
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Light Source |
Wavelength nm |
System name |
Pulse Duration |
Fluence J/cm 2 |
Spot size mm |
Repetition Rate |
Other features |
Long-pulse Ruby |
694 |
Chromos 694 Ruby |
800microseconds |
10-25 |
7 |
0.4 - 0.6 Hz |
Scanner option |
Epitouch Ruby (Sharplan) |
1.2 milliseconds |
10-40 |
3-6 |
1.2 Hz |
Triple pulse technology |
E2000 (Palomar) |
3 or 100 milliseconds |
10-40 |
10, 20 |
1 Hz |
Cooling handpiece
0-10°C Fiber delivery
Photon recycling |
Ruby Star (Aesclepion-Meditec) |
4 milliseconds |
Up to 24 |
Up to 14 |
1 Hz |
Dual mode: May also be Q-switched |
Sinon (Wavelight) |
4 msec |
Up to 30 |
5,7,9 |
0,5-2 Hz |
Cold air unitMay also be Q-switched |
Long-pulse Alexandrite |
755 |
Apogee (Cynosure) |
0. 5-300 milliseconds |
25-50 |
5, 10, 12, 15 |
3 Hz |
Cold air or integrated cooling |
Gentlelase (Candela) |
3 milliseconds |
10-100 |
6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18 |
Up to 1.5 Hz |
Dynamic cooling device |
Epitouch ALEX (Sharplan) |
2-40 milliseconds |
Up to 50 |
5, 7, 10 |
1 Hz |
Scanner option |
Ultrawave II/III (Adept Medical) |
5-50 milliseconds |
5-55 |
8, 10, 12 |
1-2 Hz |
Available with 532 nm and/or 1064 nm Nd:YAG |
Epicare (Light Age) |
3-300 milliseconds |
25-40 |
7, 9, 12, 15 |
1-3 Hz |
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Arion (WaveLight) |
1-50 microseconds |
Up tp 40 |
6, 8, 10, 12, 14 |
Up to 5 Hz |
Cold air unit |
Diode laser |
800 |
LightSheer (Lumenis) |
5-400 milliseconds |
10-100 |
9 X 9
12 x 12 |
Up to 2 Hz |
Cooling handpiece |
Apex-800 (Iridex) |
5-100 milliseconds |
5-60 (600 W) |
7, 9, 11 |
Up to 4 Hz |
Cooling handpiece |
SLP1000 (Palomar) |
5-1000 milliseconds |
Up to 575 |
12 |
Up to 3 Hz |
SheerCool triple contact cooling, photon recycling |
MedioStar (Aesclepion-Meditec) |
50 milliseconds |
Up to 64 |
10, 12, 14 |
Up to 4 Hz |
Integrated scanner with cold air cooling device |
F1 Diode Laser (Opusmed) |
15-40 milliseconds |
10-40 |
5, 7 |
4 Hz |
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EpiStar (Nidek) |
5-700 milliseconds |
0.12-400 |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
1-15 Hz |
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Q-switched Nd:YAG |
532/1064 |
Softlight (Telsar) |
12-18 nanoseconds |
2.5 - 3 |
7 |
Up to 10 Hz |
Only 1064 nm |
MedLite C6 (Hoya/ConBio) |
<20 nanosecond |
Up to 12 |
3, 4, 6, 8 |
Up to 10 Hz |
532 and 1064 nm |
Long-pulsed Nd:YAG |
1064 |
CoolGlide (Cutera) |
0.1-300 milliseconds |
U to 300 |
3, 5, 7, 10 |
Up to 2 Hz |
Contact precooling |
Lyra/Gemini (Laserscope) |
20-100 milliseconds |
5-900 |
10 |
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Contact cooling photon recycling |
Ultrawave(Adept Medical) |
5-100 milliseconds |
5-500 |
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 |
1-2 Hz |
Available with 532 nm and/or 755 nm |
Athos (Quantel) |
3-5 milliseconds |
Up to 80 |
4 |
Up to 3 Hz |
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Gentle Yag (Candela) |
0 or 25-300 milliseconds |
Up to 600 |
1.5, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12 15, 18 |
Up to 10 Hz |
Cryogen spray optional |
Varia (CoolTouch) |
300-500 milliseconds |
Up to 500 |
3-10 |
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Pulsed cryogen cooling with thermal quenching |
Acclaim 7000 (Cynosure) |
0 or 4-300 milliseconds |
300 |
3, 5, 7, 10, 12 |
5 Hz |
Cold air or integrated cooling |
Smartepil II (Cynosure) |
Up to 100 milliseconds |
16-200 |
2.5, 4, 5, 7, 10 |
6 Hz |
SmartCool scanner |
Dualis (Fotona) |
5-200 milliseconds |
Up to 600 |
2-10 |
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Vasculight Elite (Lumenis) |
2-16 milliseconds |
70-150 |
6 |
0,33 Hz |
Combined with intense pulsed light |
Profile (Sciton) |
0 or 1-200 milliseconds |
Up to 400 |
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Combined with erbium |
Mydon (WaveLight) |
5-90 milliseconds |
10-450 |
1.5, 3, 5, 7, 10 |
1-10 Hz |
Contact or air cooling |
Intense/Variable pulsed broadband
light source |
530-950
610-950
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Ultra VPL (Energist UK )
Skin treatments
Hair removal
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Variable |
Up to 51 J/cm 2 |
50 X 10 mm |
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Water cooled system
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590-1200 |
EpiLight (Lumenis) |
15-100 milliseconds |
Up to 45 |
10 X 45
8 X 35 |
0.5 Hz |
Contact cooling
Multiple pulsing |
695-1200 |
Quantum HR (Lumenis) |
15-100 microseconds |
25-45 |
34 X 8mm |
0.5 Hz |
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400-950 |
Ellipse (DDD) |
0.2-50 milliseconds |
Up to 21 |
10 X 48 |
0.25 Hz |
Dual-mode filtering technique |
400-1200 |
PhotoLight (Cynosure) |
5-50 milliseconds |
Up to16 |
46 X 18 |
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Xenon pulsed lamp |
500-1200 |
Estelux (Palomar) |
10-100 milliseconds |
4-40 |
16 X 46 |
Up to 1 |
Fast coverage rate
Coolroller cooling |
550-900 |
ProLite (Alderm) |
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10-50 |
10 X 20
20 X 25 |
0.5 Hz |
Fluorescent pulsed light |
400-1200 |
Spatouch (Radiancy) |
35 milliseconds |
Up to 7 |
22 X 55 |
0.25 Hz |
Light heat energy |
510-1200 |
Quadra Q4(Derma Med USA) |
48 milliseconds |
10-20 |
33 X 15 |
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Quad-pulsed
light system |
Q-switched Nd:YAG |
532/1064 |
Softlight (Telsar) |
12-18 nanoseconds |
2.5 - 3 |
7 |
Up to 10 Hz |
Only 1064 nm |
MedLite C6 (Hoya/ConBio) |
<20 nanosecond |
Up to 12 |
3, 4, 6, 8 |
Up to 10 Hz |
532 and 1064 nm |
Intense pulsed light plus
Nd:YAG |
510-1200 |
SpectraPulse (Primary Technology) |
3 X 12pulse delay:4 & 5resp |
10-20 |
15 X 33 |
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Light energy recycling |
400-1200 |
StarLux (Palomar) |
5-500 milliseconds |
Up to 30 |
16 X 46 |
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