11.   Tans, dark skin and blond hair can make laser hair removal less effective.

12.   Ted Steliotes declined to comment on the lawsuit but said he had stopped offering laser hair removal.

13.   The one certainty is that the debate will sharpen as laser hair removal and other high-tech treatments beckon to a youth-obsessed population.

14.   While still an amazing advance in technology, laser hair removal is costly, time-consuming and painful.

15.   Rigel cautioned that, while easier to use, Vaniqa is not necessarily more effective than laser removal or electrolysis.

16.   Laser removal leaves no trace of the marks, he added.