Provided are conformable light delivery devices for increasing light penetration depth and related methods. The device comprises a tissue penetrating member having a distal end and a proximal end, the tissue penetrating member configured to penetrate the tissue of the patient to be inserted into the tissue, wherein the tissue penetrating member is at least partially optically transparent along a surface of the tissue penetrating member positioned between the distal end of the tissue penetrating member and the proximal end of the tissue penetrating member to provide optical transmission of at least a portion of the light through the surface of the tissue penetrating member, thereby allowing at least the portion of the light to be delivered into the tissue of the patient when the tissue penetrating member is inserted into the tissue; and a substrate that supports the tissue penetrating member.

The present disclosure provides a method for treating clinical or pre-clinical skin damage in a skin field of a subject, wherein the skin field has been allocated a skin cancerization field index (SCFI) score of at least 1 as determined by a process comprising the steps of: (i) assessing the number of keratoses in the skin field; (ii) assessing the thickness of the thickest keratosis in the skin field; and (iii) assessing the proportion of the field affected by clinical or subclinical skin damage. Based on the assessments made in (i), (ii) and (iii) the subject is optionally treated by at least one of (a) freezing one or more lesions, (b) shaving, curetting or surgically removing one or more lesions, (c) applying a topical treatment for actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma, and (d) radiation therapy.

Disclosed a device for body contouring treatment. The device includes a layer of electrically conductive material, bound by a frame with cooling fluid conducting channels; a ceramic material layer with first side configured to contact conductive material layer and a second side configured to contact a treated skin surface; and wherein the dimensions of the ceramic material layer exceed the dimensions of the layer of electrically conductive material by at least 5 mm in each direction.

Disclosed are systems and techniques for providing laser treatment. For example, a vasculature structure associated with a tissue region can be determined. Based on the vasculature structure, one or more laser parameters for configuring a laser to deliver laser energy to at least one blood vessel within the tissue region can be determined. Laser energy can be delivered to the at least one blood vessel to halt blood flow to a targeted area within the tissue region.

According to the invention, there is provided a light-based skin treatment device comprising a treatment light source; a treatment light exit window via which, during operation, treatment light generated by the treatment light source is applied to skin of a user, wherein the treatment light exit window comprises an optically transparent material arranged to contact the skin during operation; and an imaging unit comprising an image sensor 5 arranged to generate an image of the skin during operation. The skin treatment device further comprises an optical waveguide comprising a treatment light receiving surface, an imaging light exit surface and a main surface, wherein said treatment light receiving surface is arranged to receive the treatment light so that the treatment light enters the waveguide at the treatment light receiving surface; said main surface comprises the treatment light exit 10 window and is arranged to transmit the treatment light so that the treatment light exits the waveguide at the treatment light exit window; said imaging light exit surface is arranged with respect to the main surface to receive light reflected at the main surface by total internal reflection at positions where, during operation, no skin is in contact with the main surface; said image sensor is arranged to receive from the imaging light exit surface light which is 15 guided by total internal reflection from the main surface towards the imaging light exit surface.

A minimally invasive cosmetic procedure for de-bulking fat includes steps of: (a) injecting platelet rich plasma (PRP) into a subject area; followed by (b) heating fat cells in the subject area using radiofrequency; followed by (c) aspirating fat cells in the subject area using liposuction; followed by (d) injecting platelet rich plasma (PRP) into the subject area again. The PRP injecting step (a) may be performed two to seven weeks prior to the heating and liposuction steps (b) and (c); and the PRP injecting step (d) may be performed several days to four weeks after the heating and liposuction steps (b) and (c).

A device for enhancement of visual appearance including a first applicator to be coupled to a first area of a body region, with a first magnetic field generating device and a first radiofrequency electrode, a second applicator to be coupled to a second area of the body region, with a second magnetic field generating device. The device further includes a first energy storage device, a second energy storage device, and a first switching device to discharge energy from the first energy storage device to the first magnetic field generating to generate a first time-varying magnetic field to cause muscle contraction, and a second switching to discharge energy from the second energy storage device to the second magnetic field generating device to generate a second time-varying magnetic field. The first radiofrequency electrode may provide first radiofrequency waves causing heating of tissue within the first area of the body region.

The present invention relates to a skin treatment device including a handpiece and a needle tip enabling to be coupled to the handpiece, wherein as the needle tip is mounted on the distal end of the handpiece, electrical connection with the handpiece can be made stably, and even if the needle module built in the needle tip performs linear reciprocating motions of extension and retraction by the driving device provided in the handpiece, the motion trackable connector provided in the needle tip can stably keep the electrical connection between the handpiece and the needle tip.

A system (20) includes a plurality of electrodes (28), one or more radiofrequency (RF) generators (30), and a controller (36). The controller is configured to treat skin of a user (22), using one or more decision rules, responsively to multiple ascertained values of at least one parameter, by iteratively ascertaining at least one respective value of the ascertained values, by applying at least one of the decision rules to the ascertained value, identifying a treatment setting from among multiple treatment settings, and causing the RF generators to cause one or more RF currents to pass, through the skin, between at least some of the electrodes in accordance with the identified treatment setting. The controller is further configured to modify at least one of the decision rules in response to the ascertained values. Other embodiments are also described.

A device for radio frequency (RF) skin treatment of skin of a user comprising an active electrode, a return electrode, an RF generator arranged to supply RF energy to the user's skin via the active and return electrodes. The return electrode having a planar skin contact surface extending in a main plane. The active electrode having a skin contact surface with a maximum dimension in a range from 100 μm to 500 μm. The surface area of the planar skin contact surface of the return electrode is at least 5 times larger than a surface area of the skin contact surface of the active electrode. The skin contact surface of the active electrode is arranged in a position at a distance from the main plane. The device may be used to control the dimensions and shape of a thermal lesion in the user's skin generated by the RF energy.