Methods and apparatus for damaging hair follicles using a series of rapidly-delivered low-fluence pulses of incoherent light are disclosed herein. In someembodiments, the pulses of coherent or incoherent light have a wavelength orwavelengths primarily in the range between 750 nm and 1500 nm. In someembodiments, applied electromagnetic radiation comprising the rapidly-delivered low-fluence pulses is effective for concomitantly heating both thesub-dermal layer (i.e. the dermis) of the tissue and the hair follicles. Insome embodiments, the thermal damaging of the hair follicles is useful forfacilitating hair-removal.
