After ranking in the automotive industry and the aviation industry, the medical beauty industry has become the world's third largest industry. Looking at the world, the scale of China's medical beauty industry has leapt to the second place in the world due to the growing demand. It is undeniable that the so-called beauty of the United States has its own heart. Under the strong rise of the “Yan value economy”, medical beauty has a broad market space and huge growth potential.
"Yan value economy" rises, laser medical is promising.
As the "most accurate ruler and the fastest knife", the laser gives people the impression that they stay in the processing of industrial fields. Indeed, laser technology is widely used in the industrial field, involving a wide range of subdivisions, ranging from aerospace and automotive manufacturing to small-scale food packaging, precision electronics, and many aspects of processing these products. The figure of the laser. And with the continuous improvement of product quality requirements, the introduction of laser in the production process is also the current general trend.
However, in addition to its application in the industrial field, lasers also have a lot to offer in the medical beauty industry. According to the Deloitte Medical Beauty Report, the size of China's medical beauty market in 2017 was 176 billion yuan, with an average annual compound growth rate of 40%. It is expected to reach 464 billion yuan by 2020. In the medical field, lasers are mainly used in the fields of diagnosis, treatment, beauty, and life science research. The broad market space and high profit margin make laser medical treatment popular among investors.
Laser is widely used in the medical beauty industry.
Laser beauty is a new beauty method that has developed rapidly in recent years. It can be used to treat a wide range of skin problems, including dealing with various skin diseases, improving various adverse conditions of the skin, and delaying skin aging. and many more. It can also be targeted for skin spots, acne, red blood, aging, tattoos, scars, hair removal and other issues to achieve whitening and skin rejuvenation, improve skin quality, delay aging and other effects. It is precisely because the laser has such a powerful function that it is highly respected in the medical industry and has successfully captured many consumers.
The principle of laser beauty is actually very simple, that is, the use of selective photothermal effects and optomechanical effects. The laser emits high-energy, precise focusing, and has a certain penetrating monochromatic light. The light acts on the human tissue, causing local high heat generation to achieve the purpose of removing or destroying the target tissue, thereby achieving the beauty effect.
When the wavelength of the laser is different, the target structure of the main function will be different. This is the photothermal effect characteristic of the laser. The components of melanin particles, hemoglobin and moisture present in the skin act as the target tissues for laser light. They absorb different light sources at different wavelengths. Therefore, if you choose to use lasers with specific wavelengths, you can more specifically target different ones. The target tissue is treated.
In addition, there are some other effects in the process of laser cosmetic. For example, the photothermal effect can stimulate the regeneration of collagen in the skin, improve the skin condition, and then achieve the effect of delaying aging; the photothermal effect of the laser can also directly desorb and vaporize the diseased tissue to achieve the effect of sputum.
In laser beauty, the application of laser is not limited to the skin. Medical beauty also has a lot of space in the fields of anti-aging, whitening teeth, eyeliner, hair growth and weight loss. In clinical applications, including myopia correction, retinal repair, caries repair, and molecular-level minimally invasive surgery, lasers can be used for related operations. Laser surgery for small incisions, no damage to the tissue or minimal damage, less toxic side effects.
Perfect industrial chain and insufficient technical research and development capabilities.
Laser technology is involved in the upstream of the medical beauty industry chain, which is mainly divided into two major aspects: raw material consumables and equipment. For the time being, China has formed a complete industrial chain from laser technology research to product development and laser parts production. The rapid development of laser medical care has led to the rapid growth of laser medical device equipment. In the United States, for example, laser medical equipment has not only been widely used, but also related equipment and equipment are exported in large quantities, which has contributed greatly to the economic growth of the United States.
Although the laser medical industry started relatively late in China, it has achieved rapid development since the early 1990s and has now cultivated one of the three largest laser medical equipment markets in the world. In the production of laser medical equipment, it is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Hubei, Beijing, Jiangsu, Shanghai and other regions.
Although the application of laser technology in the medical field can achieve good results, a reality that must be faced is that laser treatment is expensive, and the consumer threshold is still too high for the average consumer. Since most consumers are not aware of the relevant technologies, there are also excessively exaggerated effects and random charges in the market. The entire market needs to be more transparent and standardized. After all, a benign development of the market ecology can ensure long-term development.
In the context of broad market demand, laser medical equipment is expected to usher in a period of rapid development. However, for the moment, there is a lack of reputable brands in China, and it is also in a weak position in technology research and development. It is urgent to upgrade its competitiveness to cope with future markets where opportunities and challenges coexist.