Over the course of the last twenty years, propnents of both the medical and scientific communities have worked diligently to investigate the potentials that laser hair removal devices may hold for medical care and cosmetic applications. As of right now, such technological advances are a part of modern life, and have become integral tools to medical and cosmetology professionals.The use of laser, led, intense pulse light, radio frequency, and ultrasonic energies are now commonplace, and recent advances in the efficiencies of these technological breakthroughs have finally made reproducible services and procedures that meet patient and client expectations. So what does the future hold for these superb technologies?
While surgical laser hardware, for instance, has become plentiful in hospices and outpatient surgery facilities, the biggest segment of market expansion has obviously been in the cosmetic and medical spa industry. At roughly $20 billion in yearly sales in 2006, the medical spa industry is a an alliance to be reckoned with. Lasers and laser energy based techniques are at the guts of this rising industry. In these environments, lasers and like devices are exploited for the permanent reduction of unwelcome hair, the eradication of tattoos or sun spots, junking wrinkles, fine lines, the tightening of skin, the treatment of acne, acne scaring and much more.
Medical Laser insight and plenty of other industry reporting groups have estimated that the medical dermatology industry will reach in excess of $110 bln in yearly sales cash within the next ten years. As an essential component of this industry, there will no doubt be aconspicuous correlation with the expansion of equipment manufacturing and medical spa and dermatology support firms which will all stand to profit from the growing popularity of these complicated skin careservices. With each advancing year, the medical spa and dermatology world also becomes privileged to the introduction of new techniques and exciting new applications of energy based equipment. With each new technical threshold, the industry becomes braced and, afterwards, increasingly popular.
The arrival of laser hair removal, laser resurfacing, skin tightening and other services over the previous couple of years have marked significant milestones in the evolution of this field. As industry leaders and research groups continue to work to understand 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 fortify this rapidly expanding industry.
Another topic of interest which will certainly receive a large amount of attention with respect to the utilization of laser skin care will be seen in related state and local legislative activities. Now each state has been charged with the job of regulating its medical spas, but there are no 2 states that operate under the same precise set of rules. This is likely to change as each state looks for a standard to follow. Common issues include the question of what type of professional is qualified to provide these services in a safe and effective demeanour, what kind of education or training should be needed, what’s the role of the doctor, and how is the equipment itself to be regulated. It is likely to be at least ten years or more 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 a futuristic concept. As the esthetics industry and its clients continue to embrace these technologies, the sky is really the limit for what the following 20 years may hold.
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