Used Palomar StarLux for Sale: Current Listings, Used Price Range and What to Check

A used Palomar StarLux is listed at $6,500–$27,000 as of November 2026, across 6 listings from 3 dealers.

The median sits between a $13,295 StarLux 300 and a $15,900 StarLux 500, and the price table above shows each point.

Version and handpiece count move the price more than model year: two 2007 units are listed at $15,900 and $27,000.

StarLux 300 systems are listed at $6,500 (2005), $9,000 (2008) and $13,295 (year not shown).

StarLux 500 systems are listed at $15,900 (2007) and $16,900 (2012).

The top of the range is a 2007 StarLux listed at $27,000 with five handpieces: LuxRx, LuxG, LuxY, 1540 and 1064.

Palomar StarLux appears in current listings as two consoles, the StarLux 300 and the StarLux 500, with model years from 2005 to 2012.

The earliest FDA clearance found under the StarLux Pulsed Light System name, K033549, was decided on March 10, 2004, for Palomar Medical Products.

Cynosure completed its acquisition of Palomar Medical Technologies on June 24, 2013, so StarLux now sits among Cynosure's used devices, including its Palomar-era systems.

Cynosure and Lutronic merged in 2024, and the company now trades as Cynosure Lutronic.

Read the console label and serial plate to confirm whether a unit is a 300 or a 500 before you compare prices.

Palomar StarLux is a pulsed light system that delivers its treatments through swappable Lux handpieces plugged into one console.

StarLux is one of the systems priced side by side in used IPL machine prices that include the StarLux 300 and 500.

Ask the seller for the electrical service, crated weight and size before you book freight.

A complete used StarLux system includes the console plus each Lux handpiece the seller names.

• StarLux 300 or 500 console
• Each Lux handpiece listed, with its own pulse count
• System pulse count and software version reading
• Service records for lamps and crystals

StarLux handpieces are also listed on their own: one dealer lists Lux V and Lux R applicators at $2,200 each and a Lux G at $2,000, with pulse counts from 1,979 to 5,107.

Cynosure's warranty excludes consumable components such as handpieces, so ask the seller what handpiece warranty, if any, comes with the sale.

Check five things on a used Palomar StarLux: system pulse count, handpiece pulse counts, flashlamp and crystal condition, software version and serial match.

1. System pulse count: one 2006 StarLux 300 listing reports 164,199 total system pulses, so ask every seller for the reading.
2. Handpiece pulse counts: the same listing reports 40,319 pulses on its LuxV, separate from the system count.
3. Flashlamp and crystal condition: that LuxV needed a new flashlamp and crystal, and these are the key inspection items on a Lux handpiece.
4. Software version: ask for the version on screen, which read 7.20 on that unit.
5. Serial match: compare the Palomar or Cynosure label on the console and each handpiece with the seller's paperwork.

Older consoles with high pulse counts reward a slow inspection, and the steps are in the buying guide for older pulsed light consoles like StarLux.

One current StarLux 300 listing points buyers to its photos for shot counts, so ask that seller for the figures in writing.

Cynosure does not publish a transfer or recertification fee for used StarLux systems, as of November 2026.

Its published terms of sale contain no transfer, relicensing or recertification fee, and its cancellation and restocking charge applies to refused new deliveries, not to transfers.

The same terms say a customer's software license can end automatically if usage requirements are not met, and Cynosure may then stop selling parts and supplies to that customer.

Cynosure's terms also disclaim liability for loss or damage after uncertified third-party parts are used.

Ask Cynosure Lutronic in writing whether it still services and supplies a StarLux before you send a deposit.

The StarLux Pulsed Light System is FDA-cleared under K041086 (January 13, 2005) for these uses.

• Inflammatory acne (acne vulgaris)
• Benign pigmented epidermal and cutaneous lesions, including warts, scars and striae

Each Lux handpiece carries its own clearances, so ask the seller which indications apply to the handpieces in the sale.

It depends on your state: federal rule 21 CFR 801.109 treats a prescription device as one that is not safe except under the supervision of a licensed practitioner, and its exemption depends on sale to or on the order of such a practitioner.

Georgia's board, for example, defines lasers as light-based prescription devices that can be sold only to licensed practitioners with prescriptive authority, so confirm your state's rule before you contact a seller.

The closest alternatives to a used Palomar StarLux are the Cynosure Icon, the Lumenis Stellar M22 and the Sciton BBL, listed at $14,250–$45,000, $19,995–$75,000 and $25,000–$75,000 as of November 2026.

The Stellar M22 has 15 listings from 7 sellers, and the details are on the Stellar M22 page, with prices to set against StarLux.

The Icon also began as a Palomar system, FDA-cleared in 2011, and has 18 listings from 9 sellers.

The Sciton BBL has 6 listings from 4 sellers.

Each alternative's low asking price sits above the $6,500 low for a used StarLux.