Who in New York City wants unwanted hair on the body or face? No one does. But what hair removal treatments are the very best? Thank goodness for the modern inventions that have brought much respite to the women and the rising in popularity men community. Keeping up with the grooming rituals was harrowing and more often than not one would undoubtedly have important days when there couldn’t possibly be enough time to get rid of them. Thankfully there’s a solution now and permanent hair reduction can be performed through laser hair removal. The procedure, has been explained below to help you along in the process of looking and feeling your very best.
Laser Hair Removal
The procedure:
The area is required to have full hair growth to start with. It is shaved and post shaving laser beams are roamed over that area to stop re-growth. Since, all hair is not alike, laser beams work differently on differently shaped and pigmented hair re-growth doesn’t stop in one go.
How it works:
Heat is created when laser light passes over skin and it targets the melanin in the follicle and hair. When the follicle heats up (if it is in its active phase) its ability to produce hair is disabled and no damage is caused to the closely located tissues.
Types of lasers used for hair removal:
Alexandrite Laser with long and deep beam easily enters the dermis to reach the hair follicle and stop re-growth.
Diode They are made up of small diodes/semi-conductors and have a very long wavelength. Very useful for dark colored skin where alexandrite doesn’t work as well.
Ruby It can easily seek out the melanin inside the skin because of its red color.
Q-Switched Nd: YAG This laser is formed of two laser lights. One is the invisible infrared light and the other is the green laser light. Infrared reaches the deep follicles and green laser treats follicles close to the surface. This way it works for all kinds of follicles and becomes effective.
PROS
- Almost painless and quicker than electrolysis.
- Works well for large areas of body for hair removal.
- Simple and uncomplicated.
CONS
- In some cases re-growth noticed.
- Small possibility for skin pigmentation reported
- Small chance of skin burn and irritation
By Sabina Kozak of Sensitive Touch – NYC Laser Hair Removal & Skin Treatment MedSpa
