Series Report: Laser Innovation, The Big Players

This article is the first of five covering the five major companies producing lasers for cosmetic medicine. The first is:

Candela Corporation

The Candela Corporation is involved in the development and commercialization of advanced aesthetic laser and light-based systems that allow physicians and personal care practitioners to treat a wide variety of cosmetic and medical conditions including: vascular lesion treatment of rosacea, facial spider veins, leg veins, scars, stretch marks, warts, port wine stains and hemangiomas, laser hair removal, removal of benign pigmented lesions such as age spots, freckles and tattoos, skin rejuvenation and wrinkles, acne and acne scars, psoriasis, other skin treatments.

Candela Corporation's product line includes the following products: GentleLASE, GentlYag, Vbeam, ALEXLAZR, Smoothbeam, C-beam, Ellipse Intense Pulsed Light system. They market and sell their products in more than 64 countries worldwide. Candela maintains separate regional executives in North America, Latin and South America, Japan, Asia, Europe and the Middle East which manage their marketing, selling and service activities through a combination of direct personnel and a network of independent distributors. They lease a facility for their operations in Wayland, Massachusetts.