Laser Hair Removal: A Look at The Experience

If you’ve been thinking of getting laser hair removal, you’re probably curious about what it is to entail. Sure, it would be nice to put away that razor and simply enjoy feeling a full-time feeling of hairlessness, but how do you get from point A to point B? Your local medical clinic can probably show you how, but before you make a consultation, you should learn as much about the process as possible. The procedure, you should know, is extremely safe, particularly when done under controlled circumstances by a physician and technicians who know what they are doing. Here’s a look at what you can expect.

Your first step on the laser hair removal journey will be to set up a consultation with the clinic you’ve chosen. At this time, the clinicians will tell you everything you want to know about the treatment and they will also evaluate you as a client. Contrary to what you may believe, not everyone is a great candidate for the therapy. As the technology improves, the list of poor candidates grows shorter and shorter, but there are still those who wouldn’t benefit as well as others. You’ll have to determine for yourself, with their help, if the results you can expect are worth the money.

If you set up your appointment, the laser hair removal clinic will give you a list of things to do in order to properly prepare. In most cases, this will involve avoiding the sun. Tanning and other pigment enhancers will not be beneficial to your eventual treatment. The skin should be as light as possible going into the sessions. They may also advise you not to wax the area in question for several weeks before you're scheduled to come in for your appointment. If there is any other advice given to you, make sure you follow it explicitly to give yourself the best chances for success.

The laser hair removal itself consists on the technician using a beam of light and heat to purposely damage the follicles in the area you want treated. This causes them to go dormant and cease creating new hair. Because your follicles work in cycles, it will usually take several sessions for them to target all of the follicles and stop the growth completely. The laser doesn’t produce the most comfortable sensation you’ve ever felt, but it is certainly not in the same category of waxing when it comes to pain. Follow the clinic’s advise as it pertains to recovery (and, in this instance, “recovery” is almost overstating it). You’ll make your next appointment and you will be hair free soon!