Tattoo inks can be composed of various materials and colours. What we perceive as a single colour may easily be a combination of two, or more, colours! This has significant effects when treating them with lasers… Watch this video for an explanation. The reality is that it is not obvious what we are treating!! Hope… Continue reading What colour is that tattoo?
My papers and articles…
I collected all my scribblings in various journals, magazines, comics etc and put them together in pdf files. Firstly, here are my peer-reviewed papers… and my magazine articles… Enjoy, Mike.
How do viruses, and laser plume, spread in the air…?
The New York Times published an excellent article showing the fluid dynamics of contaminated air in a school roon, under various conditions of ventilation and flitration. The simulation reveals how the concentration of viral particles changes in a room of students, when one is infected with a virus. The same results would apply to a… Continue reading How do viruses, and laser plume, spread in the air…?
Plume Control in Clinics – Article in the Journal of Aesthetic Nursing
I co-wrote an article with my colleague, Godfrey Town, on the importance of plume control and the associated risk of not addressing it: Click on the above image to access it. Ciao for now, Mike.
New laser/IPL eBook – FREE – for medical/aesthetic applications
We have written an eBook discussing the basics and fundamentals of lasers and IPLs in the medical/aesthetic arena. This first Chapter is FREE!! Click on the image below for your free online copy. The book includes links to animations, videos and two quizzes, to test your knowledge. A downloadable pdf copy is also available for 25 Euros. Further… Continue reading New laser/IPL eBook – FREE – for medical/aesthetic applications
New eBook – Introduction to Medical/Aesthetic Lasers and IPLs
We finally launched our new, FREE, eBook – Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Medical/Aesthetic Lasers and IPLs. In this chapter we discuss many of the basics of medical/aesthetic lasers including terminology and expressions, an introduction to light-tissue interactions and laser/IPL safety. This eBook is free as it links to many animations and videos. However, a downloadable… Continue reading New eBook – Introduction to Medical/Aesthetic Lasers and IPLs
Is your clinic air safe? How to remove contamination.
The air in your may be contaminated with various nasty elements including viruses, bacteria, carcinogens and chemicals. These may arise from high-energy devices being used on skin or hair, or, may simply be breathed into the air by patients/clients. In particular, during the current Covid-19 pandemic, we must be aware of the potential hazard with… Continue reading Is your clinic air safe? How to remove contamination.
Electromagnetic and audio human perceptions of this universe
Human beings are puny things! We really are!! We basically just bags of water with a few extra chemicals thrown in, which waddle about for a few years, then decompose into waste… But, for the time we spend in this universe, how much of it do we actually perceive? Well, it turns out – NOT… Continue reading Electromagnetic and audio human perceptions of this universe
Light penetration into skin and the subsequent temperature rise
Where does light go when it enters the skin? Well, it’s actually quite complicated! Some of it reflects off the skin surface, some is absorbed in the melanin (basal layer), some penetrates through to the fatty tissue, while some is turned around and escapes back into the air. The follow slideshow gives a simple explanation… Continue reading Light penetration into skin and the subsequent temperature rise
COVID-19, Christmas and Risk Analysis
Please note that this article was written BEFORE any vaccine was made available. As a Laser Protection Adviser I carry our Risk Analyses routinely, so I’m not too bad at doing them. So I thought I’d discuss how to analyse a situation in the current pandemic. Risk Analysis is a set of tasks that must… Continue reading COVID-19, Christmas and Risk Analysis
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