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E9 - How much light energy actually emerges from IPL filters and reaches the skin surface? ......................219
E10 - Experiments with India ink and a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser.................................................................221
E11 - What is the key to success with laser/IPL treatments?.........................................................................223
E12 - Selective Photothermolysis - an in-depth explanation..........................................................................226
E13 - Laser-IPL Penetration Depth - a more useful definition ........................................................................ 227
E14 - Tattoo removed in just 4 sessions using a QS Nd:YAG at 1064nm........................................................229
E15 - The 'best' way to cool the skin during laser/IPL treatments ................................................................. 233
E16 - Do you need gel for photothermal treatments? ................................................................................... 236
E17 - "I'm scared to use my laser/IPL." Why? ................................................................................................ 238
E18 - Are you safe? Laser safety glasses and their absence...........................................................................241
E19 - The world’s first ever commercial laser tattoo patient.........................................................................244
E20 - Thermal Relaxation Time - what is wrong with it? ...............................................................................246
E21 - More on Thermal Relaxation Times ...................................................................................................... 248
E22 - A shocking story – a warning to us all...................................................................................................252
E23 - Before 'IPL', there was 'Supraherence'!! ............................................................................................... 254
E24 - Are you getting the best out of your IPL system? Most people don't.... ...............................................257
E25 - Triple Wavelength Diode Lasers............................................................................................................259
E26 - The Fitzpatrick Skin Scale - What is wrong with this idea??? ...............................................................262
E27 - Back-scattered light from the skin is much more than we think...........................................................265
E28 - What is it like to 'sit' on a photon and be fired into the skin?...............................................................266
E29 - How well do you know lasers/IPLs in medical/aesthetic practice? A quiz... .........................................274
E30 - BMLA Presentations 2019.....................................................................................................................275
E31 - Diode lasers vs Nd:YAG, Alex lasers & IPLs............................................................................................278
E32 - I checked my eyes. This is what I found.................................................................................................282
E33 - Port Wine Stains: optical assessment and practical implementation of treatment | (1990) | MJ Murphy | Publications | SPIE.......................................................................................................................................284
E34 - My little insects... (tattoos) ................................................................................................................... 285 E35 - Manufacturers’ settings - what is wrong with these? ..........................................................................287 E36 - More on "Manufacturers' Settings" and how bad they are..................................................................291 E37 - Calibrating an IPL device.......................................................................................................................294 E38 - Eye safety!! ...........................................................................................................................................295 E39 – The ‘Association of Laser Safety Professionals’....................................................................................297 E40 - Laser energy, energy density, fluence, leprechauns and star bursts.....................................................298 E41 - Thermal Relaxation Time - The Flaw in Selective Photothermolysis ..................................................... 301 E42 - Unscrupulous laser suppliers!! Beware.................................................................................................302 E43 - Flying tattoo fragments ........................................................................................................................303 E44 - Very interesting article about QS laser tattoo removal ........................................................................304 E45 - When is a laser beam not a laser beam? When it enters the skin... .....................................................305
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