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University Hospital Leipzig - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is working with Canfield Vectra M3

University Hospital Leipzig - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is working with Canfield Vectra M3.

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SHR dauerhafte Haarentfernung - weltweiter Erfolg!

Als vor ca. 3 Jahren SHR zur dauerhaften Haarentfernung auf den Markt kam, waren wir...

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Top News for Ellman Surgitron User RF

Everybody who cuts in microsurgery and is using only the best of the best is knowing Ellman with...

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CEO Almalasers-Ziv Karni und CEO Canfield-Doug Canfield

supported Laserwelt at the biggest Derm Congress in German speaking countries, Fortbildungswoche...

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Uniklinik München, Prof. Ruzicka bought Canfield X3

Laserweltteam has won another University Hospital as new costumer. Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Thomas...

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Terms & definitions around laser treatments

• • Absorption/absorb
    
  • to take or suck in
  • Acid
    
  • compounds which have an acid reaction in water solutions, pH < 7

• ·         Acne
  excessive sebum production and abnormal keratinisation block the sebaceous glands and lead to comedones and acne. Inflamed pimples result from the existence of the bacteria (propionibacteria acnes and staphylococcus epidermidis) living on the sebum. There are two kinds of comedones, open comedones (blackheads) and closed comedones (whiteheads) as well as acne papules and pustules (inflamed comedones). Furthermore, superficial acne is distinguished from deep acne with inflamed lumps lying deep under the skin. See more on acne and possible laser treatment of acne.

• • Adstringate
    
  • to contract, e.g. in after-treatment preparations
  • Affinity
    
  • chemical attraction between molecules

• ·         Age spots
  small brownish age spots (lentigo senilis or lentigo solaris) are a benign skin alteration. They are the result of excessive pigmentation in the epidermis. Extensive UV exposure of the skin and thus a higher degree of free radicals lead to this cell damage.

• ·         Age spots in general
  along with birthmarks or freckles, common age spots (medically named lentigo senilis or lentigo solaris) are hyperpigmentation of the skin. They are benign but quite often a cosmetic problem. Areas of the body which especially suffer exposure to the sun, such as the hands, lower arms, face and décolleté are affected. Further causes are fair skin, sunburn or substantial exposure to the sun (even without sunburn). Dependent on the degree of sun exposure, age spots can occur as early as the age of 40. In Germany, 90% of 60 year olds are affected. In contrast to freckles, age spots are always visible. Age spots are slight damage to the skin as a result of extensive UV-light exposure. They are an accumulation of the brownish and wax-like pigment lipofuscin which results from the oxidation of the unsaturated fatty acids of the cell membranes. Lipofuscin is also called ageing or wear-and-tear pigment. The skin cells in particular are exposed to the free radicals caused by UV light.

• More information on avoiding and treating age spots

• • A-layer
    
  • the external hard protein layer which protects the hair against influences
  • from the outside

• ·         Alexandrit laser

• the alexandrit laser works with a wavelength of 755 nm. With impulse lengths of 2 – 50 ms, it is specially offered for epilation.

• • Alkali
    
  • compound which reacts in watery solutions in an alkaline manner, inducing
  • hair to swell

• ·         Alkaline
  reacting as a base, lye, pH7

• ·          Allergen

• substance which can induce allergies

• • Allergic reaction
    
  • sensitive reaction against allergens

• ·         Allergology

• field analyzing the different sort of allergies

• • Allergy
    
  • high sensitivity against exogenous substances
  • Alopecia
    
  • all kinds of abnormal baldness (hair loss)
  • Alopecia areata
    
  • a round area of baldness
  •  (Alpha)-Helix
    
  • small screw-shaped part of the hair protein (protein molecule)
  • 5-Alpha-Reductase
    
  • enzyme which changes testosterone into dihydrotestosterone
  • Amino acid
    
  • protein essential for the human metabolism
  • Amino acid sequence
    
  • chain of amino acids
  • Ammonia
    
  • sharply smelling gas, a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen
  • Amorph
    
  • growth period of the hair
  • Anagen batch
    
  • increase in number of hairs during the growth phase
  • Anagen follicle
    
  • follicle during the growth phase (anagen phase)
  • Anagen hair
    
  • hair during the growth phase (anagen phase)
  • Anagen hair loss
    
  • due to substantial exogenous damage, the hair can already fall out in the
  • growth phase
  • Anamnesis
    
  • case history of present abnormality (in our brochure case history of hair
  • loss)
  • Anaphoresis
    
  • direct current opens the pores for better penetration of local
  • anaesthesia. Used as pre-treatment before a needle epilation.
  • Androgens
    
  • male sexual hormones – androgenetic baldness, often to be found on men
  • Anionic
    
  • electrically negative
  • Apathogenic
    
  • not leading to a disease
  • Apocrine
    
  • sweat gland – glands responsible for the specific body smell, mostly in underarm
  • and genital region
  • Arrector pili
    
  • see hair muscle
  • Arteries
    
  • blood vessels transporting oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the
  • organs and tissue  (heart >>
  • arteries >>arterioles >> capillaries >> venules >>
  • veins>> heart)
  • Arterioles
    
  • last section of arteries before capillaries, their diameter is midway
  • between the diameter of arteries and capillaries (heart >> arteries
  • >>arterioles >> capillaries >> venules >> veins>>
  • heart)
  • Asiatic
    
  • belonging to the race of Asian people
  • Atom
    
  • non-separable prime substance
  • AT-Ratio
    
  • relationship of number of hairs in the growth phase to number of hairs in
  • the rest period (telogen phase)
  • Atrichia
    
  • phenomenon of hairs which cannot build a hair shaft