A hair removal and re-growth suppression apparatus (300, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100) comprising: a control circuitry; at least one removal and suppression head secured to a housing; at least one extender assembly coupled to said at least one removal and suppression head and extending away from a wall of said at least one removal and suppression head, said at least one extender assembly defining an opening at an end thereof removed from the wall of said at least one removal and suppression head; at least one irradiating element secured to said at least one removal and suppression head and responsive to said control circuitry; at least one reflector secured to said at least one removal and suppression head, said at least one irradiating element disposed between said at least one reflector and said opening; at least one cutting element secured to said at least one removal and suppression head and arranged to cut hair when said opening is juxtaposed with a skin portion having a hair extending outward there from; and at least one translation mechanism secured to said housing, wherein said at least one reflector is arranged to substantially reflect electromagnetic radiation output from said at least one irradiating element toward said opening, said opening of said at least one removal and suppression head is arranged to be juxtaposed with a skin surface, said at least one translation mechanism is arranged to translate at least one of said at least one removal and suppression head and said at least one cutting element between a first position and a second position, said first position closer to the skin surface than said second position, and said control circuitry is arranged to control said at least one translation mechanism to regularly translate said at least one cutting element between said first and second position. a control circuitry; at least one removal and suppression head secured to a housing; at least one extender assembly coupled to said at least one removal and suppression head and extending away from a wall of said at least one removal and suppression head, said at least one extender assembly defining an opening at an end thereof removed from the wall of said at least one removal and suppression head; at least one irradiating element secured to said at least one removal and suppression head and responsive to said control circuitry; at least one reflector secured to said at least one removal and suppression head, said at least one irradiating element disposed between said at least one reflector and said opening; at least one cutting element secured to said at least one removal and suppression head and arranged to cut hair when said opening is juxtaposed with a skin portion having a hair extending outward there from; and at least one translation mechanism secured to said housing, wherein said at least one reflector is arranged to substantially reflect electromagnetic radiation output from said at least one irradiating element toward said opening, said opening of said at least one removal and suppression head is arranged to be juxtaposed with a skin surface, said at least one translation mechanism is arranged to translate at least one of said at least one removal and suppression head and said at least one cutting element between a first position and a second position, said first position closer to the skin surface than said second position, and said control circuitry is arranged to control said at least one translation mechanism to regularly translate said at least one cutting element between said first and second position.