Laser Hair Removal – An Expose
Category: Permanent Hair Removal | Feb 24, 2010 |
Looking at ads in fashion magazines you come across many pictures of bare chested, hairless, good-looking men. This has become the new American norm. So now men join the women in the quest for smooth, shiny skin, less reminiscent of our ancestors.
Unwanted hair growth has been a problem for women for many generations across many cultures. From the geisha of Japan that painted her eyebrows high above their natural place, to the women of Armenia who liked to look less hairy and shaved their arms.
In our modern times, the best way to achieve that smooth skin is laser hair removal. To understand why that is the case, here are the facts:
Since the modern world started using what we call a laser beam, our lives have been forever changed. Lasers are used in weaponry, industry, medicine, dentistry, cosmetic procedures, tattoo removal, and in the last few years, lasers have been used in hair removal.
It has become so popular that over 2 million procedures a year are performed in the United States alone. With so many uses and so many procedures, we understand lasers like we never did before. The treatments are quite simple. Specific treatments are designed for specific parts of the body, but what you can expect is a cooling gel being spread on the area, a few flashes of light close to the skin which will feel like little nip, zapping the hair follicle under the skin to prevent them from developing more hair. Then the gel is wiped, with all the unwanted hair.
Treatment length depends on several factors: the area treated, the color of the skin, the color of the hair and its density. Since lasers work on the melamine in the hair follicle, the darker the hair, the easier it is to target. Because the hair has to be in its growth stage to be affected, and our hairs grow at different times, repeated visits are needed to achieve smooth, hairless skin. Normal duration is somewhere between 4-6 visits.
Visit length depends on the area being treated, typically from 15 to 60 minutes.
The price varies as well. Just as botox can be found in different prices at different places, so can laser hair removal. Make sure it is a clean, reputable place. The laser is targeted to certain areas so the accuracy is very high, and the effectiveness long lasting. Research done in Ankara, Turkey, proved it is 60 times more affective than electrolysis, the other permanent hair removal method.
Side effects rarely occur, and when they do they take the form of mild redness that goes away after a couple of hours.
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Help answer the question aboutpermanent hair removal
Is there such thing as permanent hair removal?I've been told by a nurse who does laser hair removal that it's not permanent and he said that it's only about 70%- 80% effective. Apparently 20%-30% of the hair keeps coming back. You have to get your hair lasered every six months or so depending on skin and hair type. This can become very expensive. So is there a permanent solution?
You can shave over it or pop it, it doesn't matter
As long as you don't pull out the hair you're good =)
Okay… science answer:
You grow in at least 80% of your hair during puberty. When you have laser hair removal the hairs it kills will never grow again. But you still have up to 20% of your normal thickness that will grow in throughout the rest of your life. So people get touch up sessions every 3-5 years after their big 6 treatments. You need about 6 treatments, one each 2 months for a year, because the hair grows in different stages and it can only kill hair in the active growth stage. The laser works by targeting dark color (the hair follicle) and passing through light color (the skin) the hair and skin have to be very different shades of color for the hair to work. The darker and coarser the hair and lighter the skin, the better results you will have.
Okay… Personal Experience:
I've had 2 out of my 6 treatments so far. It HURTS! It's like being poked with a sewing needle over and over, but it's not as painful as a tattoo, and that's not as painful as childbirth, maybe that can put the pain in perspective for you =) I've had my legs, underarms, and bikini area done. When you get your bikini area done they do ALL of it! Including spreading your butt and vaginal lips apart to laser all the cracks… It's sorta awkward. After the 2 treatments I've had so far I've lost about 60% of leg hair, 40% bikini hair, and 25% underarms hair. It's because the underarms hair is the thinnest and the leg hair is the coarsest. But the legs are the most painful. The more it hurts the better it works.
I spent this much for 6 treatments in each area:
Bikini-$750
Underarms-$750
Legs (toes to bikini)-$2,500
cancer, burning, permanent scarring, excruxiating pain…ect
how much it costs?????
Congrats on the mention in todays New York Times! June 26th Styles section.
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this is not ture…
god why ppl keep lying about this???
i’ve asked contacted a laser hair removal center around my area (they are high tech) and they said its not permanent hair removal!! just the permanenet hair reduction procedure…
it will just gonna help u to have “less hair, less coarse”
Well I don't know much about laser hair removal, but wouldn't waxing or shaving be less expensive and less… permanent. If you don't like the way your eyebrows turn out, you can NEVER get them back. If you wax, you have about 6 weeks before the hairs grow back before you have to worry about waxing again.
To answer your question, the pricing seems about right for the laser, but you should call around and see what other places charge. Make sure you are going somewhere reputable (obviously) because the lasers will be very close to your eyes, and that's risky.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do!