| Handpiece | Followup; wks | Treatment tips | RX Num | |
| Procedure | ||||
| Hair reduction | R | Back, legs 8-10 | Dark hair, fewer treatments; longer pulse | 4-6 |
| Face 2-4 | more effective; Decrease fluence with dense | |||
| Bikini 4-6 | hair | |||
| Arm, axilla 4-6 | ||||
| Y | Same as R | Better for finer lighter hair; longer pulse | 4-6 | |
| gives better performance but more redness | ||||
| Pigmented lesions | G | 3-4 | Second pass only after long enough wait; | 1-3 |
| If tanned, use longer pulsewidth, for darker | ||||
| lesions use less fluence, lighter lesions- | ||||
| more | ||||
| Y | Same as G | Same as G, | 1-3 | |
| V | ||||
| Vascular | G | 1-2 | Mask to isolate single vessel, with larger | 1-3 |
| amt of pigment or vessels use lower setting, | ||||
| Nd1064 | 8-12 | Do not blanch vessel, 40-64 pulsewidth for | ||
| blue or deep vessels, 30-40 ms for >1.5mm, | ||||
| don't double pulse, larger spot-more space | ||||
| use cool roller, iced 4x4's, compression | ||||
| stockings for 1 wk, avoid exercise and hot | ||||
| water for 1 wk; precool with tanned skin or | ||||
| Fitz IV-VI | ||||