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About the Authors
Mike Murphy
Mike Murphy has spent many years in the medical laser industry. His first company, Derma-Lase Limited, was borne out of clinical research in Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland into the removal of tattoos and benign pigment lesions using the Q-switched ruby laser. He was involved in the original research program from 1986, and also studied the effects of the pulsed dye laser on vascular lesions (such as port wine stains). In fact, his group purchased the second long-pulsed dye laser produced by Dr Horace Furomoto in the very early days of Candela (the first being purchased by Dr Rox Anderson’s group in Boston).
While working in the hospital Mike became the Laser Safety Officer responsible for the safe use of all the lasers within the Canniesburn Laser Suite. At the same time he had to implement the recently formed COSH regulations where they applied to lasers.
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In 1989 Mike and his colleagues formed Derma-Lase to sell the DLR1 ruby laser across the world with many sales in America and in South East Asia. They opened the world’s first tattoo removal clinic in Glasgow, Scotland using a Q-switched ruby laser. Two years later they launched the world’s first commercial Q-switched Nd:YAG laser for dermatological applications, the DL MultiLine Laser.
In 1996 Mike left Derma-Lase to pursue new avenues, in particular the removal of hair using intense pulsed light. He worked with colleagues in Sweden to help produce one of the world’s first commercial IPL systems – the Plasmalite. This system went on to sell extremely well across most European countries and in Asia. To open the market in the UK he opened the first clinic outside of London with a Plasmalite system in 1999 in Glasgow. The Athena Centre became one of the UK’s top hi-tech centres for cosmetic procedures with a varied range of state-of-the-art IPL, laser, RF and cryo equipment.
In 2010 Mike started DermaLase Training Services in response to many requests for such training. Mike has been training medical and aesthetic personnel in the use of lasers since 1991, and with IPL systems since 1999.
Mike is a certified Laser Protection Advisor and General Secretary of the Association of Laser Safety Professionals. He is also the General Secretary and Treasurer of the UK Council on Surgical Plumes.
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