Utilisation des lasers de classe 3b et 4 et de la lumière intense pulsée à des fins esthétiques dans un contexte non médical / Use of class 3b and 4 lasers and intense pulsed light for aesthetic purposes in a non-medical context
Québec; ETMIS; 2008. 84 p. tab.(ETMIS, 4, 4).
Monography
in French
| BRISA/RedTESA
| ID: biblio-849377
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Body image has always preoccupied people across time and cultures. Today, the search for beauty can be fulfilled with high-power technologies that are relatively easy to use, such as Class 3b and Class 4 lasers and intense pulsed light (IPL) sources. Lasers are devices that amplify light, emitting it in a narrow, coherent optical beam; the beam produced is near-monochromatic, the particles all move in the same direction, and the waves are in phase with one another. Intense pulsed light is based on different physical and technological principles. Unlike lasers, IPL sources emit polychromatic light (non-coherent, between 500 and 1,200 nm), and selected wavelengths are obtained by means of filters. These technologies are used for various cosmetic purposes and applications, including some that clearly come under activities reserved to physicians, while others fall into the grey areas surrounding medicine. Based on the definitions of the different fields of medical activity and on the laws and regulations governing the practice of medicine, this report has limited its scope to examining laser and IPL procedures that do not require medical diagnosis and that may be performed in Québec by operators other than physicians or health professionals, without medical supervision. This report does not purport to determine what does and does not lie within the scope of medicine. Rather, it focuses on the risks inherent in these technologies and on the qualification
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BRISA/RedTESA
Main topic:
Cosmetic Techniques
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Intense Pulsed Light Therapy
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Evaluation study
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Health technology assessment
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Risk factors
Demographic groups:
Humans
Language:
French
Year:
2008
Document type:
Monography
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