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The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a third entrant in the growing field of light-based acne treatment.
In May, the FDA cleared the CoolTouch 1,320-nm laser system for treating back acne and acne scars, making it the second laser to be cleared by the agency as a therapy for acne.
Last year, the Smoothbeam laser, which uses a 1,450-nm wavelength, was approved for treating back acne. The ClearLight, which is not a laser but a blue-light-based therapy was also cleared last year for moderate inflammatory acne, and is the only one of...
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