The Company (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Segment	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Senior-Secured Credit Facilities [Member]	May 12, 2014 Senior-Secured Credit Facilities [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	May 12, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Term Loan [Member]	May 12, 2014 Term Loan [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Senior-Secured Credit Facilities [Member] Eurodollar [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Senior-Secured Credit Facilities [Member] Eurodollar [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 PhotoMedex, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Radiancy, Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 LCA Vision Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity						$ 85,000,000	$ 85,000,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 75,000,000	$ 75,000,000
Term loan period										4 years
Effective interest rate (in hundredths)													3.25%		4.50%
Possible increase in interest (in hundredths)						2.00%
Effective date of merger																		May 12, 2014
Percentage of ownership on reverse merger (in hundredths)																20.00%	80.00%
Number of operating units			4
Percentage of shares acquired by wholly-owned subsidiary (in hundredths)																		100.00%
Revenue Recognition [Abstract]
Number of distribution channels			2
Period of sales deferred			14 days
Patient Receivables and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Abstract]
Minimum collection period of patient receivables			12 months
Maximum collection period of patient receivables			36 months
Bad debt expense, on patient receivables			111,000
Percentage of bad debt expenses on patient receivables (in hundredths)			1.00%
Finance and interest charges on patient receivables			113,000
Insurance Reserves [Abstract]
Insurance reserves	6,111,000		6,111,000
Derivatives [Abstract]
Balance of derivative instruments	118,000		118,000
Amount recognized as financing income	93,000		183,000
Notional amounts of foreign currency derivatives	5,200,000		5,200,000
Warranty on Product Sales [Line Items]
Period of warranty on product sales												1 year		2 years
Extended period of warranty on domestic sale of laser equipment												3 years		4 years
Activity in warranty accrual [Roll Forward]
Accrual at beginning of year			1,151,000	1,440,000
Additions charged to warranty expense			398,000	691,000
Expiring warranties			(116,000)	(281,000)
Claims satisfied			(497,000)	(655,000)
Total	936,000	1,195,000	936,000	1,195,000
Less: current portion	(864,000)	(1,117,000)	(864,000)	(1,117,000)	(1,094,000)
Accrued long-term warranty	$ 72,000	$ 78,000	$ 72,000	$ 78,000
Weighted-average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding [Abstract]
Basic number of common shares outstanding (in shares)	18,723,484	20,573,048	18,721,463	20,624,588
Dilutive effect of stock options and warrants (in shares)	0	460,301	0	460,301
Diluted number of common and common stock equivalent shares outstanding (in shares)	18,723,484	21,033,349	18,721,463	21,084,889
Common stock options and warrants excluded from computation of diluted earnings per share (in shares)	2,550,516	2,200,350	2,550,516	2,200,350