LASER HAIR REMOVAL RISKS
Article: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/
The New York Times
January 6, 2014
January 6, 2014
The treatment of laser hair-removal can cause burns in sensitive areas, disfiguring injuries or rarely, even death.
An unknown number of procedures are performed each year by non-physicians who may have minimal training. And according to a study in JAMA Dermatology, the percentage of demands over laser surgery involving a non-physician operator has increased from 36% in 2008 to 78% in 2011.
People think that anyone can do laser procedures. Dr Tina Alster said that every week she sees a complication from a laser. Physicians are worried about “Medical Spas” which offer laser treatments and other cosmetic treatments but may not have licensed medical personnel working which is really dangerous.
A Brooklyn woman, aged 26, in, ended up with burns in her skin her third laser session, which persisted for weeks and then stripes among the backs of her legs appeared. Her laser operator, who was not a doctor, repeated the treatments on her legs 4 weeks apart and the recommendation is between 10 and 12 weeks.
The laser treatment is considered to be the practice of medicine in 35 states, whereas in 26 states, nonmedical personnel offer the treatment with medical supervision. Some states protect patients, but a great number do not. A laser operator with no medical training may treat something that looks like a sun spot when it is skin cancer.
There is little oversight of medical laser Spas, patients should do some research and consider some factors before taking the treatment.
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