Patent ID: 6881212

Claim:
An apparatus for cosmetic reduction of wrinkles on a superficial area of mammalian skin, the apparatus comprising a radiation delivery system for delivering electromagnetic radiation of a light wavelength to the skin, the radiation delivery system including: i) a pulsation system for pulsing the radiation delivered according to a predetermined regime wherein each pulse has a duration substantially in the range of 10 μsec to 10 msec and a pulse energy rise time substantially at or below 200 μsec, and ii) a control system arranged to permit the energy density of the radiation delivered to the skin to be varied within the range 0.5 J/cm2 to 5 J/cm2 per pulse, the control system being arranged to inhibit selection of an energy density substantially above 5 J/cm2 per pulse; and the apparatus being configured such that the radiation delivered to the skin is of a predetermined monochromatic wavelength or a narrow wavelength bandwidth substantially in the range of 500 nm–850 nm.