Laser Hair Removal for Women

For many women, unwanted hair can be a nagging problem. Excess hair in women is known as hirsutism which can be a major cause for concern. Hirsutism in women affects places such as the upper lip, chin, chest, top of the shoulders, and the lower abdomen and many women worry about this.

Getting rid of this unwanted hair can be painful. Until recently, the only choices that were available for removing unwanted hair were smelly hair-removal creams, sharp razors, hot wax or painful electrolysis needles.

Enter laser hair removal for women. Today, advanced medical lasers and light systems provide the ultimate solution for permanent laser hair removal, which can be carried out all over the body. Because lasers are a permanent solution, this method of laser hair removal has become increasingly popular.

Laser Hair Removal for Women Top 5 areas for treatment

1. Facial Hair Removal:

As women get older they become more susceptible to hair growth on their face. This can range from the upper lip to chin to side-burns. And, this can be quite embarrassing to most women. Razors, waxing and other hair removal methods are less desirable for these sensitive facial areas.

2. Leg Hair Removal:

With all the razors, creams and lotions, manual hair removal on your legs can be very expensive. Shaving your legs everyday is probably more costly in the long run. Aside from the costs involved, manual hair removal is very time consuming. In today’s world most women have very busy schedules and this extra time each day can become a major inconvenience which makes this area of the body more and more popular.

3. Bikini Area:

With summer approaching fast, this is one of the most treated areas on the body. No women out there are willing to take the chance that there will be peaking hair around the bikini area! So, what does a woman do? She’s going to resort to the shaving or waxing or sugaring methods because she wasn’t planning on hitting the pool at her friend’s house. Laser hair removal to the rescue once again… With this treatment, you don’t have to worry any longer that things are touched up down there! Nope, your friend asks you to go for a swim and… No worries… you know all things are trimmed where needed!

4. Under Arm Hair Removal:

Women weren’t meant to have hair under their arms, period! That is why women take the time to shave this area and save themselves the embarrassment of some of that unwanted underarm hair peaking its head around the corner. Why not just get rid of these unwanted visitors forever!

5. Areola Hair Removal:

Now, not all women have this issue but a lot do. This is the hair that grows around the nipples and can surely be embarrassing whether you are at the doctor’s office or showering at the gym! These hairs can also be waxed, shaved and tweezed but with laser hair removal they can be gone permanently.

Of course these aren’t the only areas of the body that can be treated but they are usually the most sought after areas for women.

Posted in Face / Skin Care, LASER Treatments

What is Laser Hair Removal?

Laser hair removal is designed to permanently remove unwanted body hair by using the light energy from a laser.

Unwanted hair is a common problem in women and men. Other methods of hair removal such as shaving, waxing, and tweezing only produce temporary results and can generally only be carried out on relatively small areas.

Laser hair removal treatment can be used to permanently treat and remove small and large areas of unwanted hair from the body. For those who have the means to go for it, laser hair removal is one of the most popular ways of getting rid of hair growing where it is not wanted.

How does laser hair removal work?

The main ’substance’ used in laser hair removal is light. Other hair removal methods most often involve the use of chemical agents. In laser hair removal, no chemical is used, but only natural light. For this reason, laser removal of hair is considered safer than most other hair removal methods. What is done to the light, in order to make it work as a removal of hair mechanism is that it is intensified; and then pulsed, to produce the laser energy beams, which are then applied on the skin to get rid of the unwanted hair.

The beauty of laser hair removal is that the treatments are designed to get rid of unwanted hair right from its root, rather than getting rid of actually hair strands. Laser hair removal prevents the formation of unwanted hair strands in the first place. This is achieved by heating melanin, an important component for the formation of hair, in the areas where the person using the laser removal of hair doesn’t want hair to grow. Deprived of melanin in those spots, there is absolutely no way for hair to grow there – and in this way, laser hair removal deals with the unwanted hair problem right at its root.

Can anybody take advantage of laser hair removal?

Both men and women seek laser hair removal services to have superfluous or unwanted hair removed. Hair removal is commonly done on lip, chin, ear lobe, shoulders, back, underarm, abdomen, buttocks, pubic area, bikini lines, thighs, face, neck, cleavage, chest, arms, legs, hands, and toes.

Laser works best with dark coarse hair. Light skin and dark hair are an ideal combination, but new lasers are now able to target dark black hair even in patients with dark skin.

Posted in Face / Skin Care, LASER Treatments