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What are the parameters when doing laser hair removal? - ANSWER ✔✔- 1.
Wavelength
2. Spot size
3. Fluence
4. Pulse Width
Pulsed lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets, this is also known as? -
ANSWER ✔✔- Selective Photothermolysis
Rate/amount of energy delivered within a given area is? - ANSWER ✔✔- Fluence
Increase in fluence equals an increase in what? - ANSWER ✔✔- Heat
Length of time the light/energy is in contact with the target that is measured in
milliseconds? - ANSWER ✔✔- Pulse width/Pulse duration
If the time of pulse duration is changed from milliseconds to nanoseconds the laser
is what? - ANSWER ✔✔- Q Switched
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,A Q-Switched laser is used for what? - ANSWER ✔✔- Tattoo Removal
Which skin types can tolerate an ALEX LASER? - ANSWER ✔✔- Fitzpatrick 1-4
Which skin types can tolerate an Nd:YAG laser? - ANSWER ✔✔- ALL SKIN
TYPES
Which skin type can only have electrolysis? - ANSWER ✔✔- Type 1
If the pulse width is greater than the thermal relaxation time, it results in? -
ANSWER ✔✔- A Burn
If the pulse width is less than or equal to the thermal relaxation time, it results in? -
ANSWER ✔✔- Perfect hair removal
Larger structures have what thermal relaxation times (TRT)? - ANSWER ✔✔-
Longer
Smaller structures have what thermal relaxation times (TRT)? - ANSWER ✔✔-
Shorter
What kind of pulse widths protect the epidermis, penetrate deeper, and cool more
slowly? - ANSWER ✔✔- Long
Longer pulse widths are for what skin types? - ANSWER ✔✔- Fitzpatrick 4-6
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,What kind of pulse widths are more aggressive and heat up and cool down
quickly? - ANSWER ✔✔- Short
Shorter pulse widths are for what skin type? - ANSWER ✔✔- Fitzpatrick 1-3
What percentage of follicles are damaged with each laser treatment? - ANSWER
✔✔- 15%
Long term stable reduction of the growing hairs after a treatment? - ANSWER
✔✔- LASER HAIR REMOVAL
What does the FDA call laser hair removal? - ANSWER ✔✔- Permanent hair
reduction
What is the highest setting the skin can tolerate without damage called? -
ANSWER ✔✔- Fluence Threshold
What is the highest setting the patient can tolerate without the treatment becoming
impossible? - ANSWER ✔✔- Patient Threshold
What is hair density? - ANSWER ✔✔- The amount of hair per square centimeter
The higher the hair density, the _________________ the fluence? - ANSWER
✔✔- Lower
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, What percentage of overlapping do you want when doing laser hair removal? -
ANSWER ✔✔- 30%
Darker/tanned skin requires what kind of fluence? - ANSWER ✔✔- Lower
What should you never use to clean a patient's skin before laser hair removal? -
ANSWER ✔✔- ALCOHOL
Pulse duration is measured in what unit? - ANSWER ✔✔- Milliseconds (ms)
Spot size is measured in what unit? - ANSWER ✔✔- Millimeters (mm)
Repetition rate is measured in what unit? - ANSWER ✔✔- Hertz (Hz)
Who is the grandfather of laser and was the first person to use water to Cool the
skin during laser? - ANSWER ✔✔- Rox Anderson
The formula for fluence is? - ANSWER ✔✔- Joules = J/cm2
What kind of lasers allow for selective heating of specific targets? - ANSWER
✔✔- Selective Photothermolysis
For deeper laser penetration what should the practitioner do to the laser? -
ANSWER ✔✔- Change to a bigger spot size
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