Laser Hair Removal: Updates

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery estimates that in 2015 more than 1,200,000 laser hair-removal treatments were performed in the USA. Laser hair removal is currently the third most requested treatment in dermatology/aesthetic medicine. The effectiveness of photoepilation was first illustrated in 1996 by a group of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, who, with partial results, used light pulses generated by a ruby laser. In this chapter, we illustrate which are the best indications of hair removal, and we detailed different laser systems.