755 nmAlexandrite
The true laser most often used for lighter skin tones. If a clinic’s site names Alexandrite, it has a true laser.
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Places across the US that we found online whose own websites say they use a true laser — an Alexandrite or an Nd:YAG laser, not IPL and not a diode-only setup. Search by your town, see who is near you.
This list now reaches all 50 states and DC — laser hair removal exists everywhere, and so do true lasers. It is still a growing list, not every clinic in America. It holds every location we have pulled so far from the big true-laser chains’ own location lists, plus independent clinics we found metro by metro. The chains themselves run far more locations than are entered here so far (Milan alone says 400+), and new entries are added as we verify them against clinics’ own websites. If your town comes up empty, widen the radius — and wherever you call, ask the question that matters: “Do you use an Alexandrite or a YAG laser?”
The true laser most often used for lighter skin tones. If a clinic’s site names Alexandrite, it has a true laser.
The true laser most often used for brown, deep, or tanned skin. If a clinic’s site names Nd:YAG (or “YAG”), it has a true laser.
Platforms like the Candela GentleMax Pro, Cynosure Elite / Elite iQ, Lutronic Clarity II, and Lumenis Splendor X carry both wavelengths, so the clinic can match the laser to you.
Type your town and state — for example Boston, MA — or just a state, like Texas, then pick how far you’re willing to travel.
Clinics close, move, and swap machines. If a listing here looks wrong, tell us — every report is investigated before anything changes, and the list is only updated once a report is verified.
Reports are investigated before anything changes — the list is only updated once a report is verified. Sending opens your own email app with the report addressed and ready to go; nothing is sent until you press send there.
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Found a clinic on this list and want to know if they’re the real deal before you book? With the Mom Test, we call the clinic the way a careful mom would — we ask which machine and wavelength they’d use on you, how they time visits around your hair growth, and what happens if you arrive with no regrowth — then we send you a plain-English report on what they said.
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