Laser Hair Removal treatment is one of the preferable cosmetic procedures. During laser hair removal, a laser beam passes through the skin to an individual hair follicle. The intense heat of the laser damages the hair follicle, which prevents future hair growth. It is most effective for people who have dark hair and light skin. Dermatologists remove unwanted body and facial hair safely and more efficiently by using laser treatment. Dermatologists remove unwanted body and facial hair safely and more efficiently by using laser treatment.
If you are not happy or getting impatient of plucking, waxing or shaving to remove unwanted hair, so, laser hair removal is a good option you can consider. You can have better clear and hairless skin that is smooth and so touchable!
Why Laser Hair Removal
Waxing / Shaving is worse for the skin & is also more time taking. People like to prefer a permanent form of hair removal treatment as compared to the periodical process of shaving, plucking or waxing. Moreover, these traditional or temporary methods of removing hair will not only take a lot of time out of your life but also cause rashes, marks, and ingrown hairs. Laser Hair Removal helps in removing our hair easily without spending hours on these temporary methods. It is a more cost efficient method and above all a permanent solution.
Benefits
Lasers are useful for removing unwanted hair from the face, leg, arm, underarm, bikini line and other areas.
- Precision. Lasers can selectively target dark, coarse hairs while leaving the surrounding skin undamaged.
- Speed. Each pulse of the laser takes a fraction of a second and can treat many hairs at the same time. The laser can treat an area approximately the size of a quarter every second. Small areas such as the upper lip treated in less than a minute and large areas such as the back or legs may take up to an hour.
Cost of Treatment
It is hard to predict the exact number of sessions a person needs for laser hair removal as it depends on the size of the area. In general cost of Laser Hair Removal varies from $100 to $500 per treatment session depending on other factors and one geographic area to another.
Advantages
- Skin complexion uniformity and colour are achieved.
- Can equally treat large and small areas of the body.
- Permanent Hair loss of unwanted hairs after 5 to 8 sessions.
Types of Laser Hair Removal
Body hair removal can be achieved by using different types of laser, and these methods are becoming over the year more safe, quick and often painless to eliminate hair. Different type of lasers offers certain advantages which are as follows.
Ruby lasers
Ruby laser is so painless. It works by slowly emitting heat before and after each laser blast the treatment, making it less aware. The hairs can precisely target, and there is little harm done to the skin. This treatment is often recommended for those people who have light skin tone.
Alexandrite lasers
Alexandrite lasers are the almost universal system. It develops to allow hair removal treatments for a wide range of hair color and skin tone. From the alexandrite laser, red light is release, which is usually for producing minimal re-growth, it combines with the heat produces, which damages the hair follicles.
Nd: YAG
Nd: YAG is also referring to ‘Neodymium.’ It emits infra-red light and can use in conjunction with a carbon lotion. It allows the laser to penetrate deep enough to the hair follicle to remove the unwelcome hair. It’s a new type of laser to hair removal treatments, which is very effective in removing hair. The treatment might need repetition, however, as the results sometimes fade over time.
Diode laser
It works to perform effective hair removal while protecting the skin and producing as little damage as possible.
Intense Pulsed Light laser (IPL)
It emits very short bursts of light at high speed. The strength of the IPL and frequency of the bursts can be easily controlled, allowing it to be used on sensitive skin and over a range of different skin pigments. It rarely has side effects.