TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Laser Hair Removal A1 - Ibrahimi, Omar A. A1 - Kilmer, Suzanne L. A2 - Avram, Marc R. A2 - Avram, Mathew M. A2 - Ratner, Désirée Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Procedural Dermatology AB - The ability of lasers to nonspecifically damage hair follicles was noted nearly 50 years ago in the first reports on the use of lasers on human skin.1,2 It was not until the theory of selective photothermolysis was proposed by Rox Anderson and John Parrish at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Harvard Medical School, however, that the concept of selectively targeting a particular chromophore based on its absorption spectrum and size was realized.3 Several years later, this group also reported one of the first successful uses of a normal-mode ruby laser for long-term and permanent hair removal.4,5 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175096557 ER -