In our latest podcast, we discuss what lasers are and how they work. It’s all about electrons and photons and other groovy quantum mechanical stuff. Another one in our series of ‘Explain Like I’m 5’ episodes… Hope you enjoy, Mike.

The wavelength of light changes when it moves from one medium into another. This includes moving from the air into the skin. This is due to the change in refractive index between the air and the skin. It happens all the time whenever light changes media. You can read our paper here… What does this… Continue reading New published paper – how the wavelength of light changes when it enters and traverses through the skin

We are delighted to announce that our very first VTCT Level 4 ‘Laser and Light’ trainees, Kate and Tracey, passed their assessments and exams in our centre in Glasgow, yesterday. This is our first foray into this world of VTCT stuff and, I think, we did quite well. Special thanks to my lovely daughter, Lisa,… Continue reading Our first VTCT trainees passed!!

I seem to bang on and on about this all the time!! Yes, I do. Why? Well, it’s quite simple – to successfully treat unwanted hairs and blood vessels in the skin, we need to ‘cook’ them until they die. That usually means inducing a fairly high temperature in those targets. But, if we do… Continue reading Our latest podcast – skin cooling. Who needs it?

YES!!! It sure is. Research has found that laser/IPL plume can contain some real nasty substances including carcinogenic biomaterials and toxic stuff. We really do not want to be breathing this in routinely. So, we’ve put together a wee booklet – free to download (see below the image) – which explains what plume is and… Continue reading “Plume” – is it a hazard?

Now, there’s a question! During our recent sunny weather here, some people exposed themselves to too much ultraviolet radiation – they got a tan!! Does this mean we cannot treat them with laser and IPLs? Let’s discuss… We hope you enjoy, Mike.

Our latest podcast discusses the issue, which keeps popping up, of using lasers or IPLs whilst pregnant. My lovely daughter, Lisa, is currently pregnant. She wanted to know if she could continue treating whilst under the influence of pregnancy. So we had a wee chat about it… Hope this helps, Mike.

This is our latest podcast in which we discuss an age-old topic – which is better, lasers or IPLs? Since the advent of IPLs many have discounted them, making all sorts of claims against them. Many of these claims are just nonsense and are usually perpetrated by laser salespeople, with no evidence. In this podcast,… Continue reading Latest podcast – “Lasers vs IPLs”