Laser hair removal - Overview

Laser treatment for hair removal is a process in which a very strong laser beam is used to demolish unwanted hair. The light from a laser passes through the surface of the skin and penetrates tissues beneath. Hair follicles in the skin, will absorb the heat of the laser as soon as it touches them. The heat destroys the hair follicles, which will never grow back. Optimal laser works on fair skin, dark hair and thick.

Often requires multiple treatments to get desired results. Harry share of unwanted body hair can be removed, provided therapy sessions will take place sufficiently. Sometimes because the laser only affects hair follicles, instead of destroying it completely. So there are cases where these follicles will take a year or two to recover, and then they start to grow hair again. If this is the case with you, no treatment sessions were enough; treatment or two others will improve the results even more.

Most times this procedure is performed, there will be no side effects afterwards. In some cases, a person who has made the treatment may experience skin problems later - a few examples of side effects most frequently reported are darkened skin, brightening skin, burns easily or redness. However in most cases side effects are temporary, and they just disappear after a few days or few weeks.

Better to completely avoid sunburn before the laser treatment. The heat of the laser is absorbed and a dark skin, so if you are not careful, may reach a situation in which the skin absorbs too much heat. It's very important that the skin will absorb heat as much as possible, to most of the heat sink by the hair follicles. Physician would be very difficult to achieve good results on dark or tanned skin too. With dark skin may need to pay more for treatment, because they will have many meetings more.

My patient's body smeared in a refrigerator prior to treatment. This is When the refrigerator to contradict the effect of the laser's heat, preventing side effects. If you experience hardening of skin in the treatment, it can be treated easily with Vaseline or lotion - so you can verify that the problem of dryness does not go out of control. In addition, it is important to avoid sunburn tanning machines after treatment, to give the skin to heal properly.