Since about 1995, commercial use of lasers to remove hair from the body began. It was hyped up a lot during the last decade but today it is clearer which does and does not work.
The most important thing to do if you are planning to to go and have some hair laser removed from your body is to check to make sure certain clinics have a good reputation for treating unwanted hair.
People with dark skin need to be very careful when having any of these treatments done because the laser cannot tell the difference between light and dark skin and therefore can cause serious burns if the same settings as light skin is used on a dark skinned person.
WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?
Unwanted hair can be frustrating to deal with and maintain, waxing treatments can be time consuming and painful and electrolysis, even though the only approved technique to carry the term, ‘Permanent Hair Removal, does have a risk of scarring.
Laser treatment or epilators (IPL-intense pulsed light) has positive results...
A NOTE OF CAUTION FIRST
Although it does not possess the tag of “Permanent Hair loss”, it is generally very safe to do, has a long lasting effect more so than waxing or plucking would and is far less painful than most other methods.
Whereas electrolysis can take up to four years to complete, Laser hair removal is promoted as much faster and easier to do.
With more and more clinics offering laser hair removal, the prices inevitably fall and the technology gets better.
