What is the Lumenis Lightsheer Diode Laser?

This System offers breakthrough features and distinctive advantages such as:

• The first system to provide permanent hair reduction using state-of-the-art, high-power diode technology

• Rapid, non-invasive treatment that is nearly pain-free and entails virtually no patient downtime.

• Treatment of all skin types (I-VI), as well as tanned skin and pseudofolliculitis barbae

• Successful treatment of leg veins and benign pigmented lesions.

• Patented ChillTip™ handpiece with a 9 or 12 mm square sapphire tip that actively cools before, during and after treatment pulses to minimize patient discomfort and enable the use of higher treatment fluences

Backed by long-term clinical data, the LightSheer™ system has the ability to permanently reduce hair growth and treat the entire range of skin colors and hair types. It has satisfied hundreds of thousands of patients and their providers worldwide.

How does it work?

The system emits a near-infrared laser light that is absorbed by the pigment located in the hair follicle. The laser is pulsed, or turned on, for only a fraction of a second. The duration of each pulse is just long enough to damage the follicle, while the system's unique, patented contact-cooling handpiece, the ChillTipTM, helps protect the skin by conductive cooling during the laser energy delivery.

Who is a Candidate?

The LightSheer diode laser system safely treats all skin types (Fitzpatrick Skin Types I-VI) as well as tanned skin. The LightSheer system is designed to be safe and effective for all skin types, including Fitzpatrick skin types I-VI as well as tanned skin. For darker skin types and people with tans, appropriate fluences are generally lower and appropriate pulse widths are generally longer to prevent damage to the epidermis. Using the appropriate treatment parameters, however, people with all skin types can benefit from laser hair removal with the LightSheer.