In recent times there has been a boom in the industry of home skin laser devices owing to the advancements in technology and the demands of people for convenience in their homes. While most of these home skin laser devices are priced at around $150, they are generally thought as a good investment which may work wonders or may not work at all. Although the technology incorporated in their making is not as high tech as that in skin laser devices in clinics and hospitals, they do often have the power to remove blemishes and spots, remove facial and other unwanted hair and reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles. The magical and painless working of home skin laser devices is attributed to the single wavelength of light that these emit; this light causes a reaction in the skin that damages, kills and clears the bacteria causing the pimple or blemish.

There are basically two types of these devices.

Hot laser skin devices – these work at high energy levels to cause heat damage to the skin and through this trigger a healing response. They are so strong that they are commonly used by medical health care professionals to remove tattoos and resurface skin.

Cool laser skin device – this type is safe to use at home as it works at lower levels of energy that does not stimulate healing in the skin by damaging it. Its beams penetrate the layer of skin to problematic skins underneath it and stimulate the natural healing process of the body. This means that it their energy somehow triggers enhanced production of collagen, increases blood circulation in the arterial plexuses of the area and boosts the release of growth factors to remove waste products from the problem causing cells.

Home skin laser devices are most commonly used to treat acne problems but you should know that the laser will not treat or cure the acne, nor will it make the acne disappear, it will only erase the marks and blemishes that it leaves behind. Typically a good device in this category such as those from Zeno will clear about 90% of the marks in just 24 to 48 hours. Four minute treatments for wrinkles with red and infrared light seem impossible but a popular company RejuvaWand published a survey that said that 67% of women who used the laser felt a 13% improvement. Their device is priced at $200 and works by stimulating production of collagen by cells.

Experts recommend consumers buy only those lasers that have been cleared by FDA which means that these companies have given some evidence of the success of their product.