With respect to Dr. Krant, I believe you are not asking about PicoSure laser (commonly used for tattoo removal) treatments, but the PICO Toner facial muscle stimulator sold by a company called NeurotriS. They claim proprietary "Constant Waveform Morphology" microcurrent stimulation of facial tissues without actually causing facial muscle contraction.By their own website information, the CEO holds a Masters degree in Electronic Engineering and is a paramedic; their medical consultant and Clinical Director is a Board-certified OB/GYN and a diplomate of the American Academy of Anti-Aging; their Directors of Sales and Training, and Research and Development both have the same last name as the CEO, and the R&D Director has no advanced degrees, but does hold numerous technician, assembler, and maintenance certificates. None of the above is considered negative at all; however, this is certainly a closely-held "family business" and what they are selling is a $500 microcurrent machine, $150 each for 8oz. bottles of "Stem Cell Molecule Gel," $18 each for 8oz. bottles of saline (with "Natural Mediterranean Sea Salts"), $400 Quad Pico Probes "with 8 contact points for 4 times the effect." ("Standard probes" are only $150 a pair.) The "recommended" power cord is only $59, and the client "kill switch" (actually, they call it the "client shutdown switch") is $89. Don't forget the "Silver sculpting gloves" needed for the facial treatment at $95 a pair.Don't ask what their SX4500 body machine costs; it is apparently only available to lease, that is, after you decide to drink the Kool-Aid.Iontophoresis is another of their claims, but what is it that they are actually delivering to the tissues, and what is the purported effect? Oh, I forgot: "wrinkle reduction, toning,
