Laser hair removal is a technology that has been on trial since the 1960s. Most of the trials failed because the devices did not get approval from FDA. There were no clinical trials done to depict the safety and efficacy of laser hair removal.
Major breakthrough came about in the late 1990s when laser hair removers that used wave 5 were invented. They were safe and effective to use, but they were only used by professionals.
How about the Tria laser hair remover? This is a pretty new invention, and it is barely ten years old.
In 2003, Tria Beauty was born. It consisted of people whose goal was to convert Lightshear (a bulk and expensive laser hair removal device that was used by professionals) into a cheaper handheld device that could be used at home. In 2004 this company started its operations in Pleasanton, California. It was in this year that the first commercial Tria hair removal laser was manufactured.
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