Laser for Hair Removal
Using a laser for hair removal is not only less painful than waxing and tweezing, it is also more cost effective and efficient than shaving every week for 50 years. Even if you do not want to go to a clinic, you can get laser hair removal home products that work great. A clinical study evaluated the use of the LightSheer Diode Laser for hair removal. Of 92 patients, all had temporary hair loss and 89% had permanent hair reduction.
Laser hair removal has come a long way since the first laser for hair removal received FDA clearance in the mid 1990′s. Older generation lasers were very slow, very painful and worked only on individuals with very dark hair and very light skin. In 1993 Robert Grove, Ph.D., and a team of dermatologists and engineers developed the first diode laser for hair removal utilized by physicians in their medical practices. These devices are still considered the gold-standard among dermatologists and plastic surgeons.
The hair and skin colour, the amount of hair, and the sex of a person determine the number of sessions required for long-term reduction of hair. Typically, a series of multiple treatments is required; usually 5-7, but the number could go up to 12. During this brief period, laser light will shine down onto your skin and the energy will travel down the hair and into the follicle where it will damage the follicle and prevent any further hairs from growing. A mean hair removal efficiency of 74% and 79% is noted at 3 and 6 months, respectively.
Laser facial hair removal for women is better than electrolysis because it is far less likely to leave small scars on the delicate skin of the face. A tiny scar on the back of a thigh will be unnoticeable, but one on an otherwise well-groomed face can stand out as unpleasantly as a rogue hair does. The procedure involves the use of a laser that dissolves the fat and tightens the surrounding skin.
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved both the long pulsed diode and Nd: YAG laser systems for laser-assisted hair removal in darker skin phototypes. However, irrespective of the type of laser used, multiple treatment sessions are required in order to effectively eliminate the hair. GentleYAG HR for unparalleled hair removal; GentleYAG SRT for skin rejuvenation and tightening through wrinkle reduction; or the GentleYAG VR for superior leg and facial veins removal. All models are upgradeable.
Almost 1.5 million laser hair removal procedures and more than 0.6 million laser skin resurfacing procedures are performed. And then there’s shaving, a simple solution that hasn’t changed much since our grandmothers’ time, although marketers at razor companies are forever trying to convince us otherwise. As laser hair removal is done while causing localized damage to the skin around the follicle of the hair, it is absolutely normal that the treatment comes with some unwanted side effects. Normal side effects are itching, redness and swelling around the treatment area.
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January 6th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Laser Hair Removal works really great, but it has a kind of pitfall. It works on pale skin with dark hair. The darker skin you have, the worse results you get. Consider Elos Hair Removal, it works on dark skin too.
March 4th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Hey, I am curious about if you may have any further details so I can find out a bit more? Thanks.