What Is the GentleMax Laser System?
By Sonya Kumar | Published on January 11, 2012 | 0 Comments
The GentleMax system is a highly sophisticated type of laser that uses multiple wavelengths to address a number of aesthetic concerns for men and women with varying skin types. According to Sonya Kumar of Metropolitan Med Spa, a med spa in Lorton, VA, the GentleMax system can be used for permanent hair removal, leg and facial vein removal, and pigmented lesion removal.
At her med spa in Lorton, Kumar goes on to explain that the GentleMax laser system combines the best of two lasers already in use – the GentleLASE and the GentleYAG. This new laser system gives practitioners like Kumar a level of speed and efficiency that was not available previously.
In particular, the most innovative feature that GentleMax offers is its ability to adapt to different skin types. In the past, patients with very dark skin or very light skin were limited in the laser options. Most laser equipment, including the YAG and Candela, could only handle hair removal for one skin type. For example, the Yag laser deals best with lighter skin, and women with darker skin were not generally considered good candidates for treatments with this device. Similarly, the Candela laser has been known to treat patients with darker skin very well, while not working as well on patients with very light skin.
The GentleMax system makes it possible for practitioners like Kumar to treat different skin types with the same device. By changing a few basic settings, Kumar and the team at her med spa in Lorton can effectively remove hair on almost all men and women. Practitioners who wish to treat patients with varying skin types no longer have to worry about moving from machine to machine during the course of multiple treatments since the GentleMax laser works efficiently on all skin types because of its advanced technology.
Unfortunately, not every med spa in Lorton is offering this technology at the current time. Kumar recommends that people who are searching for a med spa in Lorton make sure to ask specifically about what types of equipment their practitioners use. Older lasers, even those from 2002, simply do not work as well as the lasers that leading practitioners have access to today. This is especially important when working with patients who are African American or South Asian, since older lasers do not pick up on darker skin colors and therefore do not work as efficiently on their skin.
Lorton,
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22079
Phone: 703-688-2033
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