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CLARITY: WHERE SCIENCE

MEETS MEDICINE
Lutronic discusses why its With CE marking in place —and US erasing rhytides, and eliminating
FDA clearances downstream — the small vascular lesions.
user-friendly device, CLARITY™, system has worldwide acceptance
can cater to all physician — as both safe and effective. After A well-engineered
implementing feedback from a large system with Hybrid
and patient — needs in a number of worldwide users, for all Cooling
skin indications and all types of hair, Everything about CLARITY shows
busy aesthetic clinic Lutronic proudly presents CLARITY superior engineering, from the

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as even more reliable, conveniently stylish console with Lutronic’s
ne size does user-friendly, and versatile. trademark interactive graphic
not fit all.’ Or to put interface unit (GUI) touchscreen to
it another way: ‘One The art of medical the complex electronics, optics and
wavelength cannot science mechanics within the case. The
hope to accomplish It is often argued that science is 755 nm and 1064 nm wavelengths
everything in all medicine or medicine is science, but offer distinctly different but very
skin types.’ Taking these well- it is probably more accurate to say complementary indications. The
quoted maxims into consideration, that medicine is the art of applying alexandrite is ideal for lighter skin
in the summer of 2012 Lutronic specific aspects of science types, and the Nd:YAG safer for
Corporation added a new dual appropriately in clinical practice, and darker skin types. Both wavelengths
wavelength system to its expanding this is particularly so with the are delivered in homogeneous ‘top
armamentarium of reliable, efficient medical application of the laser. If hat’ beam mode down a single lens-
user-friendly devices: CLARITY™. the applied science is correct, and is coupled optical fibre, obviating the
To the tried and tested long-pulsed correctly applied in treatment, then need to change fibres when
versions of the 755 nm alexandrite the medical application will, at the changing wavelengths. Spot sizes
and 1064 nm Nd:YAG solid state very least, be credible to the range from 2–20 mm, the latter
lasers in one platform, or individually, practitioner, and at the very best, be being one of the largest spot sizes
Lutronic added a clean top hat beam optimum for the patient. offered in the field: all cartridges
profile, a large range of spot sizes For hair removal in particular, it is work for both wavelengths, and are
(2–20 mm), one-fibre-fits-all beam paramount not only to target and automatically recognised and
delivery, flexibly adjustable treatment destroy the hair, but also the registered by the system. The larger
parameters and a choice of cooling pigment in the follicle, the stem cells spot sizes are ideal for swift and
methods. These attributes have in the bulge and bulb, and to deprive effective hair removal from larger
enabled treatment in patients of all the papilla of its blood supply. areas, or for skin rejuvenation, while
skin types with an expanding range CLARITY accomplishes all this the smaller spot sizes offer precision
of pigmented lesions and vascular effectively, safely and reliably, and is with safety for pigmented or
disorders, skin rejuvenation and additionally ideal for epidermal vascular lesions.
lifting, and laser hair removal. pigmented lesions, lifting lax skin, The fluence, pulse width and pulse
rate comprise the independently
adjustable parameters. The top-end
fluences are a very respectable
600 J/cm2 for the Alexandrite and
Nd:YAG, but stable low fluence
settings are also available with small
spot sizes for safe and more gentle
(A) Before and (B) after one treatment of pigmented lesions in
treatment session. Rosacea sensitive skin. The wide range of
treatment with the CLARITY
755 nm Alexandrite laser.
pulse widths is from 350 µs (0.35 ms)
Images courtesy of Bettina to 300 ms, and when coupled with
Rümmelein, MD, Switzerland pulse rates of 0.5–10 Hz, customisation

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 virtually painless treatments on the

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CLARITY
strongly
face and the body. It is in constant
use because it covers a wide range
of indications and enables fast,
represents a visible results, including effective, fast
hair removal. Patients are very
valuable and satisfied and so am I.
multipurpose ‘Vascular lesions react particularly
addition to well to CLARITY, such as spider veins,
vessels on the nasal alae and
aesthetic laser haemangiomas, especially in cold
practices and weather. The continuous air cooling
Kubilay Yücel, MD, Bettina Rümmelein, MD practitioners increases treatment speed and

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patient comfort for all indications.’
of the treatment is flexible and Laser selection depends, however, worldwide.
convenient on a case-by-case basis, on skin colour, and the general Conclusions
and for all skin types. population in Turkey offers a wide Among Lutronic’s users, CLARITY is
Comfort for the patient is assured range of skin types. ‘I use 1064 nm now considered one of the top laser
by a choice of two cooling options, for the many medium and devices commercially available, and
the choice being available at the dark‑skinned patients I see in my there is no doubt that CLARITY
time of purchase. A cryogenic gas practice, and 755 nm for the lighter strongly represents a valuable and
intelligent cooling device (ICD) can ones,’ said Dr Yücel. ‘Patients are multipurpose addition to aesthetic
be adjusted to provide variable pre- very satisfied with the rapid and laser practices and practitioners
and post-cooling from the ICD painless treatment.’ worldwide.
handpiece, or for clinicians who Bettina Rümmelein, MD, a Swiss It is Lutronic’s aim to imbue its
already have a chilled air-cooler, the dermatologist practicing in the clinicians with Faith in our systems,
air cooling handpiece allows direct Medical Center See-Spital Kilchberg and to allow practitioners to give
connection of the cooler hose. A in Zürich, is no stranger to Lutronic patients Hope for a successful
recent innovation, based on clinician systems, CLARITY being her fourth treatment result: both of these
feedback, is a Hybrid Air Cooling device to complement her three concepts are embodied in CLARITY.
Clip for the ICD model, which existing LUTRONIC systems: her Faith, Hope and CLARITY: where
allows simultaneous continuous air fractional CO2 laser, the eCO2™, and (A) Before and (B) after science meets medicine meets art!
cooling together with the ICD her multimode Q-switched Nd:YAGs, three treatment sessions.
cooling, or alone. the SPECTRA™ and SPECTRA XT™. Hair removal with the
CLARITY 755 nm
‘CLARITY has become one of the Alexandrite laser. Images
Clinician feedback favourites in my practice,’ she said. courtesy of Kubilay Yücel,
Kubilay Yücel, MD, is a dermatologist ‘The device is perfect to perform MD, Turkey AMWC Monaco Booth Number O7–O9
practicing in the Turkish city of
Antalya, who has been using CLARITY
for some 14 months, and has noted
consistently high satisfaction with the
results from his patients.
‘They especially like the clinical
outcomes,’ noted Dr Yücel. ‘And I
appreciate that I can use the system
for multiple applications, including
hair removal, where the larger spot
sizes offer efficacy with speed and
comfort.’

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