Does Laser Hair Removal Hurt?
Hair Laser Removal
Every time an increasing number of younger people are opting for laser hair removal, ages ranging mostly from 20 to 50. It’s specially effective in areas like armpits, bikini line or legs for women; on the other hand men waxing excess hair on shoulders, chest, back, the area around the ears and also used to define the beard; It should be noted that men need more sessions because they have more amount of androgens making more difficult the elimination of the hair removal.
The duration of treatment varies depending on the area to be treated, for example: for both legs maybe an hour and a half, armpit about ten minutes and upper lip a few seconds; It takes between 6 and 8 sessions for the total elimination of hair and between sessions you can keep depilating but not using pull methods like blade, wax or depilatory creams.
The technique involves the issuance of a beam of selective energy light on the specific area which causes warming of melanin in the hair follicle allowing to destroy it without damaging adjacent tissue, that’s why it’s considered a very safe method; the unique side effects that may occur is: a slight reddening of the skin, which disappears in a few hours, and a nuisance in every shot.
It’s a painless, simple, safe, effective and definitive beauty treatment in the majority of cases, as we mentioned is suitable for both sexes and at any age, does not damage the skin nor your sebaceous or sweat glands. It is not carcinogenic because the light that emits is in the range of visible and infrared light, its thermal effect is limited to the skin because it reaches a maximum depth of 4 mm.
As an additional benefit of laser hair removal treatment it may solve problems of skin as “Folliculitis”, leaving the skin smooth, soft and rejuvenated by the stimulating effect of light on the collagen.
For women with hormonal problems, is the best solution to reduce excess hair, it is better than taking hormonal origin drugs; laser hair removal is a medical treatment and should be carried out by doctors trained in laser technology.
It’s only problem or disadvantage of laser hair removal is that is a bit expensive, however its use is fully satisfactory and will definitely remove those annoying hairs and all those long hours of exhausting and painful hair removal sessions, so go on make your appointment now and you will be hair free!!
