Heated element based shaver with hair regrowth suppression

A hair shaving apparatus comprising:

• a power source;
• a control circuitry in communication with said power source;
• a housing, an end of said housing arranged to be juxtaposed to a skin surface;
• a motion sensor in communication with said control circuitry and arranged to detect a rate of relative motion of said housing in relation to the skin surface;
• a hair cutting element secured in relation to said housing, said hair cutting element arranged responsive to said control circuitry to be heated to a temperature of at least 400 degrees Celsius, said hair cutting element heated with electric power from said power source responsive to said control circuitry;
• a translation mechanism responsive to said control circuitry and coupled to said hair cutting element and said housing, said translation mechanism arranged to translate said hair cutting element, in relation to said housing end, between a hair shaving position and a retracted position, the hair shaving position closer to the skin surface and said housing end than the retracted position;
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• a radiation source secured to said housing, said radiation source arranged responsive to said control circuitry to provide radiation, said provided radiation arranged to impact the skin surface for which said hair cutting element is arranged to cut hair with a fluence of at least 0.5 Joules/cm2,
• wherein said control circuitry is arranged to:
• responsive to said detected rate of relative motion exceeding a first predetermined limit, enable said radiation source to provide said radiation, and not enable said radiation source to provide said radiation in the absence of said detected rate of relative motion exceeding the first predetermined limit;
• responsive to said detected rate of relative motion exceeding a second predetermined limit, enable said heating of said hair cutting element, and not enable said heating of said hair cutting element in the absence of said detected rate of relative motion exceeding the second predetermined limit, said second predetermined limit greater than said first predetermined limit;
• increase said fluence of said provided radiation responsive to an increase in said detected rate of relative motion and decrease said fluence of said provided radiation responsive to a decrease in said detected rate of relative motion.