Breaking News: Not All Zerona Lasers Are Created Equal!

I was surprised, no – shocked, to find out that there are two types of Zerona Lasers. One is a violet/lilac color and the other is black. The difference is more than appearance. Although the 5 lasers are identical, the arms that hold and position the lasers function very differently.

I found this out because we had to call the laser’s manufacturer Erchonia, due to a problem with a little screw in the laser’s arm. The screw had broken off and Erchonia’s response was to send us a brand new unit. Talk about amazing customer service!

That’s the equivalent of having a flat tire and BMW delivering you a new car instead of fixing it. Better yet, we get an updated unit with a stronger arm assembly and this brings me back to the point of this post: there are two kinds of Zerona lasers.


I didn’t know that there were differences until I spoke to the representative. I liked the look of the black one and I asked the rep, “The black one looks cool…can you ship that?” Surprisingly, the representative said “The black one looks cool, but the lilac one functions better.” (Imagine the poor doctor who invested in the inferior unit - and his patients, of course!)

How is the black Zerona laser inferior?

The lilac Zerona laser has arms that are very flexible. This turns out to be really important because we can set up the 4 movable lasers to focus in on problem areas. In fact, a few months ago we received special training from Erchonia’s Medical Director, Ryan Maloney. Ryan had run the independent FDA study that showed an average loss of 3.5” with two weeks of treatment He was in Manhattan and graciously offered to visit our clinic. He spent 3 hours with my staff showing them the “Insider’s Tricks” to get best results.

One of the insider tricks was to put position all of the laser heads close together to really hone in on a trouble area. We do this by wrapping the arms into little circles. The lilac machine’s arms are very flexible and allow for this but apparently the black laser has rigid arms and doesn’t allow for much in the way of realigning laser heads.



Moral of the story: If you’re thinking of a Zerona Laser treatment, find a practitioner with the lilac-colored laser.