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                                  UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                  March 3, 2005
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                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

                                PhotoMedex, Inc.
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             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                 0-11635             59-2058100
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     (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission        (I.R.S. Employer
           of incorporation)          File Number)      Identification No.)

             147 Keystone Drive, Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania 18936
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                   (Zip Code)

                                 (215) 619-3600
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               Registrant's telephone number, including area code

     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
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     Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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ITEM 8.01   OTHER EVENT

            On March 3, 2005, PhotoMedex, Inc. issued a press release which is
            attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference
            herein.

            The press release announced that the ProCyte shareholders approved
            the adjournment of the March 3, 2005 ProCyte Corporation special
            meeting of shareholders, to be reconvened on March 18, 2005, in
            order for ProCyte to solicit additional proxies to vote on the
            proposed merger between PhotoMedex and ProCyte.

            The press release also announced that the PhotoMedex stockholders
            had approved the proposal with respect to the issuance of PhotoMedex
            shares in the proposed merger by a vote of 24,334,253 shares in
            favor and 209,302 shares opposed or abstaining, approximately 99.1%
            of the shares present or represented by proxy at the March 3, 2005
            PhotoMedex special meeting of stockholders.

            The press release also announced that the PhotoMedex stockholders
            voted to approve an amendment to PhotoMedex's Amended and Restated
            2000 Stock Option Plan to increase the number of shares of
            PhotoMedex common stock reserved for issuance thereunder from
            3,350,000 to 4,350,000 shares.

            The information set forth under "Item 8.01, Other Event", including
            the accompanying Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished in accordance with
            interim guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission in
            Release No. 33-8216. The information contained herein and in the
            accompanying exhibit shall not be incorporated by reference into any
            filing of the Registrant, whether made before or after the date
            hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such
            filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference to such
            filing. The information in this report, including the exhibit
            hereto, shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18
            of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or be otherwise
            subject to the liabilities of that section or Sections 11 and 12 (a)
            (2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 9.01   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(C) EXHIBITS.

     99.1   Press Release, dated March 3, 2005.

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                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                                     PHOTOMEDEX, INC.

Dated: March 8, 2005                                 By: /s/Jeffrey F. O'Donnell
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                                                         Jeffrey F. O'Donnell
                                                         Chief Executive Officer

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

  Exhibit Number   Description
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       99.1        Press release, dated March 3, 2005, regarding the
                   announcement of the adjournment of the ProCyte Corporation
                   Special Meeting of Shareholders.

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