Humans have more hair follicles per square inch than most, higher primates including chimpanzees and gorillas. Some is coarse and dark, and some is so fine and pale that it isn’t visible to the naked eye. When darker, coarser hair appears in places we don’t like or expect- like on the face, neck, abdomen, arms or underarms, or for men you may not like excess hair on your back, shoulders, chest, around the ears or between the eyebrows. When hair seems to grow back faster than you can pluck, shave or wax it, it may be the time to consider Laser hair removal.
Understanding Hair Removal
In the past the usual remedies for unwanted hair were plucking, shaving, waxing or chemical depilatories. Some are painful, some are messy, and all are only temporary.
For long term hair removal, electrolysis is popular and effective but can be uncomfortable and slow. Hair by hair, an electric current passes through a needle to destroy the hair root’s ability to grow. It typically takes months or more regular visits-even for small areas like the upper lip or between your eyebrows.
Now there is a more effective solution. Laser hair removal. The demand for intense pulsed light (IPL) hair removal and laser hair removal treatments are at an all-time high. This is not surprising, considering that traditional hair removal via electrolysis and waxing is painful and expensive.
A state-of-the-art system specifically designed to remove unwanted hair faster, with less discomfort, and more reliably than many other methods. It permanently reduces unwanted facial and body hair, in fewer treatments and with more comfort than is possible with traditional procedures.
Understanding Laser Treatments
A laser produces a beam of highly concentrated light. Different types of lasers produce different colours of light. The colour of light produced by a particular laser is on of the keys to its effect on hair follicles. The light emitted from a laser is well absorbed by the pigment located in hair follicles. The laser pulses for a fraction of a second, just long enough to vaporize the pigment, disabling numerous follicles at a time to eliminate or significantly impede the hair’s regrowth.
What You Can Expect
The length of a laser session may be a few minutes to an hour or more, depending on the size of the area being treated. Because the laser tends to treat hair follicles that are in an active growth phase more than one treatment may be required to disable hair follicles that subsequently enter this growth phase.
Laser treatment itself may cause a slight tingling sensation. Laser removal procedure begins with application of a special numbing lotion to the area to be treated. After the patient is prepared, laser energy is applied in order to remove hair follicles. Due to the precisely targeted laser beam, only hair follicles are destroyed, leaving the surrounding skin intact. Immediate after-effects, if any, are minor. They may include redness and swelling, which disappear in a short time. Most people return to normal activity right away.
After a laser hair removal procedure, patients are advised to avoid tanning, and visiting the sauna or Jacuzzi for 24 hours. Most laser hair removal Toronto patients do not experience any discomfort and do not require special care following their treatments.
The Goldberg Centre for Vision Correction & Cosmetic Surgery features some of the latest laser hair removal equipment. Our systems can be used to treat all skin types.
Visit www.goldbergcentre.com for more information or call 416.754.9444
