Medical lasers and IPL systems are currently used for a wide variety of cutaneous applications, such as the treatment of vascular lesions, unwanted hair, tattoos, scars, melanocytic and other skin lesions.1 Accordingly, with the emergence of numerous new facilities from the hospital to the high street, it is important that healthcare professionals and patients should have appropriate awareness of treatments with these modalities. The aim of this review is to discuss the efficacy of commonly used skin lasers and IPL systems together with the indications for their use in treatment.
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