SERVICES: LASER HAIR REMOVAL

As a woman you may be surprised to learn that just about your entire body is covered with hair. It is usually not visible because most of the hair is fine and notvisible. When the hair becomes dark and coarse you may want to consider laser hair removal.

UNDERSTANDING HAIR REMOVAL
For long-term hair removal, electrolysis is popular and effective but can be painful and slow. Hair by hair, an electric current passes through a needle to destroy the hair root's ability to grow. Risks include electrical shock, infection, and pitting or scarring.

UNDERSTANDING LASER TREATMENT
A laser produces a beam of highly concentrated light which is absorbed by the pigment located in hair follicles. The laser pulses for a fraction of a second, just long enough to vaporize the water in the hair molicules, destroying several follicles at a time to eliminate or significantly impede the hair's regrowth.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
The length of a laser session may be from 20 to 90 minutes depending on the size of the area being treated. The laser can treat hair only in the active growing phase when the pigment is the darkest. As there are three phases or cyles of hair follicles, more than one treatment may be required to disable 90%-95% of the unwanted hair in the area.
Treatments are spaced out about every 4 weeks for areas above the neck and about every 8 weeks for areas below the necdk line.
Laser treatment may cause a slight tingling sensation, similar to a mild sunburn.

The appearance of the treated area immediately after a laser session will vary from patient to patient depending on the extent of the treatment and skin type. Immediate after-effects may include redness and swelling, which disappear in a short time. Some times ice packs and moisture creams will help.