The application of Intense Pulsed Light from a flash lamp driven device has been used cosmetically for over a decade in the United States. The primary goal with these devices has been the improvement in both pigmented and vascular lesions of the face and other body locations. The procedure for the face is often advertised as a Photofacial™, a procedure developed and named by Dr. Patrick Bitters, Jr. of California.

Many manufacturers have introduced Intense Pulsed Light as a product for this and other similar procedures. One of the latest is the Chromolite™ System distributed in the United States by Genesis Biosystems, Lewisville, Texas. The Chromolite™ has a few unique features. The first is the ability to treat for 200,000 pulses without lamp exchange. The second, and more remarkable, is the convenience of user exchange of the spent flash lamp. The used flash lamp is removed in a method similar to exchanging AA batteries with the replacement simply being dropped back into the Chromolite™ hand piece. The third is the open optical cavity of the hand piece allowing light to remain captive against the skin while eliminating the need for optical or thermal conductive gel.

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"Chromolite™: A Clinical Review" (3MB PDF)