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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

                                  July 18, 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 File Number)      (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation)                                       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

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ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENT

           On July 18, 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 the promotion of Michael R. Stewart to
           Chief Operating Officer.

           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 July 18, 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: July 18, 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 July 18, 2005, regarding the
                      announcement of PhotoMedex naming Michael R. Stewart as
                      Chief Operating Officer.

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