Candela

Candela Corporation engages in the development and commercialization of aesthetic laser and light-based systems that allow physicians and personal care practitioners to treat various cosmetic and medical conditions worldwide. The company's product line includes GentleMax, an aesthetic treatment workstation; AlexTriVantage for the treatment of pigmented lesion and tattoo colors removal; SmoothPeel for laser peels; and Serenity Pro-Revolutionary Pneumatic Skin Flattening technology for pain reduction in laser and intense pulse light treatments. It also provides GentleLASE family of lasers for the treatment of permanent hair reduction, vascular lesions, wrinkle reduction, and treatment of pigmented lesion; GentleYAG family of lasers, which provide permanent hair reduction for skin type, including tanned or dark skin, treatment of beard bumps, leg and facial veins, and skin tightening; Vbeam, which eliminates vascular lesions including port wine stain birthmarks, rosacea, leg and facial veins, and provides skin rejuvenation by the reduction of diffuse redness and pigmentation, scars, warts, psoriasis, and hemangiomas; and Smoothbeam diode laser for treatment of acne and acne scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, and wrinkle reduction. It markets its products directly and through a network of distributors to plastic surgeons and dermatologists, general practitioners, family care practitioners, obstetricians and gynecologists, and general and vascular surgeons. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Wayland, Massachusetts.