Intense Pulsed Light Laser               - Minimal Patient Discomfort   - Painful treatments               - Requires no anesthesia or cold packs prior to treatment   - Topical anesthetics are usually requested or a cold pack for several minutes before treatments               - Less procedural time All treatments can be done in less than an hour   - Extensive procedural time               - Safe for all skin types, including ethnic skin and those with tanned skin   - Shortwave length lasers are not safe on people with ethnic or tanned skin               - Longer wavelength systems penetrate more energy to effective destroy the hair root   - More treatments are normally required to achieve better results               - Generates a pulse of intense concentrated light directly to the hair follicle without transferring excessive heat to the surrounding skin   - Laser light scatters energy to surrounding skin to cause potential irritation or burns to the skin