strange time limit on the epilight machines

Hair Removal Methods Laser hair removal
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first of all, I am not going to the practitioners with this machine nor will I pick a practitioner using an Epilight.

Nonetheless, I did go to this particular practitioner for a consultation. The practitioner uses an Epilight machine. A ask a whole bunch of questions, etc. In the process I learned that this machine has a one hour time limit per use (imposed in some sort of programming by the manufacture) and a maximum time use per day. so basically, I could have removed any hair that fit within that one hour time limit. The practitioner explained that this was purely an equipment limitation and not a problem with laser (Or IPL in this case) hair removal. I do not know what if any of this is true.

Something about this seems strange to me. If I were manufacturing an expensive professional laser hair removal machine, I would do whatever it took to make sure the machine could run all day like my clients expect. And if I were buying an expensive LHR machine, I would buy one that I could use all day to maximize my profit potential.

Could someone shed some light on this observation? Is the time limit true and if so is there a good reason why?

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I don’t know exactly, but based on what my laser tech told me, those machines get hot, very very hot :o The fan in her Cutera Coolglide uses a belt driven fan and that thing is like a little helicopter taking off after a few minutes.

I would venture a guess that if it is too hot too long, maybe it will burn itself out or greatly shorten its lifespan. It is a bit of a stretch, but I remember the first consumer laser products (laserdisc players specifically) chronically overheated and burned out if used too long (and those were not putting out nearly as much power of course.)

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Interesting. I bought one of the first Epilights sold, just after they were approved by the FDA. I bought the first one in Texas for sure.

Lots of issues with it. A time limit was not one of the issues.

Also owned one of the first Coolglides, back when the company was called Altus. They actually didn’t get very hot. Hot was a Cynosure 9300 putting out 28,000 BTUs. The Coolglides were pretty cool by comparison.