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Hair removal. (Product Marketplace).


Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA FDA
abbr.
Food and Drug Administration


FDA,
n.pr See Food and Drug Administration.

FDA,
n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration.
) to market the Palomar EsteLux[TM] Pulsed Light System for "permanent hair reduction."

Palomar also adds the LuxRsTM high-powered, red-light-filtered handpiece to its roster of recently introduced EsteLux handpieces. These include the LuxY[TM] yellow-light-filtered handpiece for fast removal of hair and pigmented pigmented /pig·ment·ed/ (pig-ment´id) colored by deposit of pigment.

pig·ment·ed
adj.
Colored as the result of a deposit of pigment.
 lesions on lighter skin types, the LuxG[TM] greenlight-filtered handpiece for vascular and pigmented lesion LESION, contracts. In the civil law this term is used to signify the injury suffered, in consequence of inequality of situation, by one who does not receive a full equivalent for what he gives in a commutative contract.
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 treatment, and the LuxR[TM] red-light-filtered handpiece for fast removal of hair on both light and dark skin.

During hair removal, the EsteLux spreads each light pulse out over a longer time period than other systems, which allows it to safely pack the pulses with a broader spectrum of light. Long-pulse technology, SpectruMax filtering, and Palomar's patented Photon photon (fō`tŏn), the particle composing light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, sometimes called light quantum. The photon has no charge and no mass. About the beginning of the 20th cent.  Recycling[TM] process combine for maximum efficacy. The system also features a high pulse rate pulse rate
n.
The rate of the pulse as observed in an artery, expressed as beats per minute.
 and large spot size, allowing physicians to treat more patients and larger body areas in less time.

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Title Annotation:Palomar EsteLux[TM] Pulsed Light System from Palomar Medical Technolgies Inc.
Publication:Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 1, 2002
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