Long-term Debt (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended					12 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 CB Floating Rate [Member] Forbearance Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Senior-secured credit facilities [Member]	May 12, 2014 Senior-secured credit facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior-secured credit facilities [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Term Note [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Term Note [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Term Note [Member] LIBOR [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Term Note [Member] Federal [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Third-party debt [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Third-party debt [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	May 12, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Term Loan [Member]	May 12, 2014 Term Loan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Senior-secured credit facilities [Member] Eurodollar [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Senior-secured credit facilities [Member] Eurodollar [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Radiancy, Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 PhotoMedex Korea Ltd [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Sub-Total	$ 80,589,000	$ 80,589,000	$ 10,000,000			$ 79,313,000		$ 0	$ 10,000,000	$ 0			$ 1,276,000	$ 0
Less: current portion	80,108,000	80,108,000	10,000,000
Long-term Debt	481,000	481,000	0
Maximum borrowing capacity						85,000,000	85,000,000		15,000,000						10,000,000	10,000,000	75,000,000	75,000,000
Total borrowings												10,000,000
Effective interest rate (in hundredths)					4.00%						2.50%	0.50%							3.25%	4.50%
Prepayments on term loan				938,000
Percentage of exceeded cash on hand to be paid against revolving loans (in hundredths)				0.75
Minimum amount of cash specified against payment of revolving loans				18,000,000
Maximum capital expenditures on medical devices		575,000		575,000
Revolving loans payable	1,500,000	1,500,000		1,500,000
Lenders fee		196,000		196,000
Securities pledged as collateral (in shares)																					64,896	13,000
Possible increase in interest (in hundredths)				2.00%
Description of variable rate basis		LIBOR plus 2.5%				Eurodollar
Repayment period (in years)						4 years			1 year				36 months
Interest rate (in hundredths)													3.50%
Amortization of debt related cost	2,021,000
Long-term Debt, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Last three months of 2014	3,009,000	3,009,000
2015	77,305,000	77,305,000
2016	275,000	275,000
Sub-Total	$ 80,589,000	$ 80,589,000	$ 10,000,000			$ 79,313,000		$ 0	$ 10,000,000	$ 0			$ 1,276,000	$ 0