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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
R. Rox Anderson, Lexington, MA (US);
Gregory B. Altshuler, Wilmington, MA (US);
Dieter Manstein, Boston, MA (US);
Ilya Yaroslavsky, Wilmington, MA (US);
Michael Smotrich, Andover, MA (US);
R. Rox Anderson, Lexington, MA (US);
Gregory B. Altshuler, Wilmington, MA (US);
Dieter Manstein, Boston, MA (US);
Ilya Yaroslavsky, Wilmington, MA (US);
Michael Smotrich, Andover, MA (US);
Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for hair growth management by applying low energy optical radiation to a treatment area of a patient's skin, which radiation is sufficient to at least traumatize a matrix portion of each follicle being treated, but not to cause either necrosis of most of each said follicle or immediate gross alteration of any hair shaft therein. The treatments are preferably performed a plurality of times at selected time intervals to achieve a desired level of hair growth management.