Permanent Laser Hair Removal

Part One

Although permanent laser hair removal has recently been touted as the best method for hair removal, this is not entirely true. The results from permanent laser hair removal are varied dependent upon the person receiving the treatment and should not be generalized.

Whether or not you are a good candidate for laser hair removal will depend on mainly on what type of skin and hair pigment you have. Ideally, your hair pigment should be darker than the surrounding skin. Melanin is the pigment that gives hair and skin their color. Permanenet laser hair removal will be more successful on people with darker hair pigment than fairer haired people.

The reason for this is that more of the lasers energy will be absorbed by the darker hairs. This energy produces heat in the hair shaft and into the follicle. Here, the excessive heat will damage the hair follicle whilst sparing the surrounding tissue. The follicle is now unable to grow new hairs.

People who have dark skin or tanned skin will have more melanin than very fair skinned people. This melanin will absorb some of the laser light and diminish the amount of energy absorbed by the hair. For a successful treatment, skin absorption should be kept at a minimum. There are several ways to achieve this. The main method is to cool the skin down during the treatment process. A simple cold compress would be used on the area to be treated.

Lasers Used In Permanent Laser Hair Removal

A more recent method to keep the skin cooler is to use a pulsed laser rather than a continuous one. This pulsing energy delivers less heat keeping the skin cool whilst at the same time generating heat in the hair follicle where it is needed. The different types of laser device are as shown :-

Alexandrite – This is a long pulse laser
Diode – These are generally used on darker skin
Q-Switched Nd:YAG – This delivers two wavelengths which treat both deep hair follicles and ones nearer the surface of the skin.
Ruby – Another method of generating a laser beam.

Now you understand a little more about permanent laser hair removal treatment, read on to learn about the advantages and disadvantages and what important info. you need to know before having this treatment. We cover an important subject to most women..... laser facial hair removal.

Part Two