Depilatory laser miniaturizes hair by inducing bystander dermal papilla cell necrosis through thermal diffusion.
Hsien-Yi ChiuWei-Hung WangChen-Hsiang KuanYueh-Feng WuChung-Jen TsengWen-Yen HuangShiou-Han WangSung-Jan LinPublished in: Lasers in surgery and medicine (2022)
Our results suggest that depilatory laser miniaturizes hair by inducing thermal necrosis of dermal papilla cells due to secondary thermal diffusion from melanin-containing precortex cells in the anagen hair bulbs.