Until now all types of laser skin treatment have been ruled out for people with dark skin because of the risk of side effects. Current laser hair removal techniques use wavelengths of light (IPL) that target melanin, the pigment that determines the colour of both hair and skin.

In light-skinned people, the laser energy safely passes through the skin and is absorbed by the darker hair shaft, destroying the hair and its root.

However, because darker-skinned people have more melanin in their skin, those wavelengths would also be absorbed by and damage the skin.

The diode laser emits light at a longer wavelength which is less destructive to the skin.

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