Patent ID: 7815633

Claim:
A method of removing hair and dermal papilla regions from and beneath a patient's skin, said method comprising: immobilizing a platform over a target area of said patient's skin; scanning said target area using an acoustic transducer mounted on said platform to determine depth and location beneath said skin of a plurality of hair follicles or dermal papilla regions, or a combination thereof relative to said immobilized platform; producing a tangible image of said scanned hair follicle or dermal papilla locations, or a combination thereof; designating which of a plurality of hair follicles or dermal papilla regions, or combinations thereof identified in said tangible image are to be ablated; positioning an acoustic transducer over said skin at a determined location relative to said immobilized platform; focusing high intensity acoustic energy transcutaneously at said depth and location of each hair follicle or dermal papilla region to be removed, wherein said acoustic energy is generated from an acoustic transducer positioned on said platform; and applying to each hair follicle or dermal papilla region to be removed sufficient high intensity acoustic energy to destroy said hair follicle or dermal papilla region.