EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

        We have issued our report dated January 25, 2002 accompanying the 2000
and 2001 consolidated financial statements of Surgical Laser Technologies, Inc.
We consent to the use of the aforementioned report in the Registration Statement
of PhotoMedex, Inc. on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 on or about October 17, 2002
and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included as part of such Registration
Statement (the consolidated financial statements of Surgical Laser Technologies,
Inc. are presented separately therein), and to the use of our name as it appears
under the captions "Experts" and "Selected Historical Consolidated Financial
Data".

/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 17, 2002