No, these are two different things. Sunlight have many different wavelengths in it. The harmful side is the ultraviolet group. The visible light is safe, and ranges from violet to red. Then the infrared group is not visible; it heats up your skin, but does not damage it like ultraviolets. Now our laser hair removal beam has only a specific wavelength 1064nm from the infrared segment, which is scientifically known to be most absorbed by dark pigment in your hair. So you see, it does not have any of the harmful rays of the sun, so it is not damaging to your skin like sun exposure.