inforMED

PULSE LIGHT

Received Mar 24, 2003

Report MW4003504 · MDR key 458116

Device

Generic name

Hair Removal System

Manufacturer

Unk

Model number

*

Catalog number

*

Lot number

*

Product problems

  • Unknown (for use when the device problem is not known)

Patient

*

  • Therapeutic Response, Decreased

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

THE CONSUMER REPORTED THE FOLLOWING: THEY HAD PERMANENT LASER HAIR REMOVAL DONE ON THEIR BACK AND SHOULDERS FOUR TIMES. THEY WERE TOLD THAT IT USUALLY TAKES FOUR TO FIVE TREATMENTS TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION. AFTER THE SECOND TREATMENT, THEY BECAME SKEPTICAL OF THE TREATMENT BECAUSE IT DID NOT HURT; THERE WAS NO PAIN AT ALL COMPARED TO THE FIRST TREATMENT WHICH HURT A LOT AND THEY COULD SMELL BURNT HAIR. AFTER FOUR TREATMENTS, THEY DID NOT SEE ANY RESULT AT ALL.