Talk:Laser hair removal

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== Laser hair removal ==

Hi! This is Andrea James. I was adding some information on laser hair removal from a site I own called hairfacts.com. I own the copyright to this information as it appears on both hairfacts and on QuackWatch, which was flagged as the possible infringement. As you will note, I am the author of the material listed on QuackWatch. If you have any questions, you may reach me at andrea@hairfacts.com

Hi, this is Brad Lustick. I added a link to our site called idealimage.com which is owned and operated by Ideal Image Corp. for whom I am employed and have the express permission to do so. We are headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Please feel free to direct any question to me at brad.lustick@idealimage.com 70.255.4.58 06:13, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

I added new information about "shaving bumps" & pilonidal cysts and "tightened up" the article with facts.Philiphughesmd 04:49, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Can somebody add information regarding number of sessions required for satisfactory results? Thanks! -- Anonymous 05:09, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

My laser clinic performs various laser skin procedures including laser hair removal. However after several years of practicing laser hair removal I have discontinued treatment with most of my laser hair removal systems. I have not seen real efficacy in removing unwanted hair. Usually the hairs are "shocked" into dormancy for a period of months to years. Regrowth is much slower than with traditional methods. Still in terms of the cost and the hassle of never ending treatments, I recommend my patients stick to a regimen of shaving, waxing, or plucking. A very small number of my patients have had good clearance with the laser. However even these patients are stuck manually epilating the sparse hairs that just will not respond to laser. I would also like to add that my practice's results are not uncommon from what colleagues have told me. I believe there is real ethical issue for this treatment which I would like to see addressed--but I suppose that is why this section is disputed.

My practice, South Coast MedSpa, has filmed several laser hair removal treatments and posted them on our website at southcoastmedspa.com/LaserHairRemovalVideos.html. I believe these videos are educational and informative and we should be able to post an external link to them despite Dawn bard's objections. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Southcoastmedspa (talk • contribs) 23:02, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Neutrality of section Mechanism_of_action

Lacking any description on why the section Laser hair removal#Mechanism of action is disputed, I removed the template. --Tunheim 17:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

The article you cite actually lifted all that content from my site hairfacts.com, which I donated here as my first article to Wikipedia in 2004. Jokestress 06:22, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for that! Can you clarify the terms here so we can remove the {{copyvio}}? Is it PD or somesuch? What a shame that other author lifted your stuff and put their name to it! Not good ... - Alison^☺ 06:31, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Original has been here since 2001 and is based on info I have had on the earliest iteration of tsroadmap since 1998. The ezinearticles.com domain was not even created then. As I mention above, I hereby release all the text for Wikipedia with a GFDL. Jokestress 16:14, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that, and sorry for the hassle. I'll put a comment into the article to ensure this doesn't recur. Thanks! :) - Alison^☺ 16:21, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Permanency?

The article should address whether this procedure lasts a lifetime or will need redone at intervals. Chris 20:49, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

It's a game of semantics. Permanent? The word has essentially been twisted to mean temporary when referring to laser hair removal.

From the FDA website: "Permanent hair reduction is defined as the long-term, stable reduction in the number of hairs re-growing after a treatment regime, which may include several sessions. The number of hairs regrowing must be stable over time greater than the duration of the complete growth cycle of hair follicles, which varies from four to twelve months according to body location. Permanent hair reduction does not necessarily imply the elimination of all hairs in the treatment area." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.15.18.239 (talk) 10:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)