Over the course of the last twenty years, propnents of both the medical and systematic communities have worked diligently to explore the potentials that laser hair removal devices may hold for healthcare and cosmetic approches. As of today, such technologies are part of modern life, and have become integral tools to medical and cosmetology professionals.The use of laser, led, intense heart beat light, radio frequency, and ultrasonic energies are now normal, and up to date advances in the efficiencies of these technological breakthroughs have finally created reproducible services and procedures that meet patient and customer expectations. So what does the future hold for these amazing technologies?

While surgical laser gear, as an example, has become abundant in hospitals and outpatient surgery facilities, the biggest segment of market expansion has clearly been in the cosmetic and medical spa industry. At roughly $20 billion in annual sales in 2006, the hosptial spa industry is a an alliance to be reckoned with. Lasers and laser energy based technologies are at the center of this rising industry. In these environments, lasers and similar devices are exploited for the permanent shrinking of undesired hair, the eradication of tattoos or sun spots, dumping wrinkles, fine lines, the tightening of skin, the treatment of acne, acne scaring and much more.

Medical Laser understanding and many other industry reporting groups have worked out that the medical spa industry will reach in excess of $110 billion in annual sales revenue within the next 10 years. As an essential component of this industry, there will no doubt be aconspicuous relationship with the expansion of equipment producing and medical spa and dermatology support firms which will all stand to gain from the increasing recognition of these sophisticated skin careservices. With each passing year, the medical spa and dermatology world also becomes privileged to the introduction of new technologies and exciting new applications of energy based hardware. With each new technological threshold, the industry becomes strengthened and, subsequently, more popular.

The appearance of laser hair removal, laser resurfacing, skin tightening and other services over the last few years have marked important milestones in the development of this field. As industry leaders and research groups continue to work to comprehend the potential that these technologies hold, we will be able to only expect that each passing year will be marked by new applications and new tools to further bolster this rapidly expanding industry.

Another topic of interest which will surely receive a great amount of attention with respect to the employment of laser skin care will be seen in related state and local legislative activities. Currently each state has been charged with the task of controlling its medical spas, but there are no two states that operate under the same precise set of rules. This is likely to change as each state looks for the standard to follow. Common issues include the problem of what kind of professional is qualified to provide these services in an effective and safe manner, what kind of education or training should be needed, what’s the role of the physician, and how is the equipment itself to be controlled. It is likely to be at least ten years or longer before all of these issued could be settled and standard policies are accepted on anational basis.

The bottom line is that lasers and energy based equipment are now part of the skin care industry and are now not ahi-tech concept. As the esthetics industry and its clients continue to hug these technologies, the sky is truly the limit for what the following twenty years may hold.