What are the benefits of aurora ELOS laser verses IPL laser?

Answer 1

Firstly, neither IPL nor Elos are laser. Laser was the first technology for hair removal invented by accident in the 70s, IPL followed in the early 90s and the elos about a decade later.

IPL is intense pulsed light which is attracted to the melanin in the hair shaft and heats it, causing collateral damage to the hair follicle if the intensity is high enough. Elos is a combination of IPL and RF (bi-polar radio frequency), the IPL pre-heats the hair shaft and then the RF is attracted to the pre-heated follice and disables it. Due to the fact that the IPL is only pre-heating and not trying to cause collateral damage the level of light intensity required is far lower with elos as opposed to IPL only treatment.

The benefit of Elos is three fold. Elso is more effective as it specifically treats the follice and not just the hair shaft. Due to the lower levels of light intensity it is safer and can therefore be used on a wider range of skin tomes and hair colours. IPL can not be used on very dark skin and is ineffective on red, blonde and grey hair, Elos overcomes these drawbacks. The lower light intensity also makes the treatment more comfortable (i.e IPL can be a little painful with a sharp heat sensation). Finally and importantly for home use systems, the lower level of light intensity required for elos make a treatment far faster. For example treating with the Philips Lumea on the legs is very impractical and would take a whole morning. There is a new Elos in-home system called 'Me, My Elos about to be launched in the UK, Italy, Germany, France, etc. This enables a full leg treatment in only 10 minutes and a whole body treatment in 30 mins. This compares very favourably to salon treatments in terms of cost at £450 in the UK