Laser and IPL Hair Removal Treatment
What happens during Laser and IPL Hair Removal treatment and how long will it take to recover?
Your First discuss with a practitioner shoud clearly set out your experiences of laser or intense plused light,ipl treatment and the practioner shoud tell you whether or not these results are achievable using this method of hair removal.
Your medical history should be taken,to ensure that these are no reasons why you shouldn't have the treatment.at the moment,you would also normally be asked to read detailed information and sign a consent form which means that you have understood the potential benifits and risks associated with this treatment.
The Procedure
During the treatment,saftty eyewear must be worn to protect your eyes from the light generated by the machine for all lasers and IPL machines.
The practitioner will use a samall hand piece to touch your skin with flashes of light.Some machines may also spay with cooling agent before the treatment begins.
A gel may also be applied to the treated are.
Most patients describe the procedure as a little uncomfortable,with a tingling or stinging sensation during treatment.The discomfort varies with each person,depending on your individual pain threshold and the type of machine used.
If you are having this treatment in a sensitive area,you may require an aesthetic cream to make the treatment mmore comfortable.Be sure to discuss this with your practioner before the treatment.
Repeat procedures
Several treatment are require at the start of hair removal theraphy because of the natural growth cycle of hair follicle is most successfully treated by light early in the growing phase.
The number of active follicles and the length of the growth phase varied,and the first treatment will only damage some of the follicles.After a few weeks,previously resting hair follicles break into groth,wich then need to be treated.
The procedure can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour,depending on the size of the area being treated.
Treatment can be repeated at approximately monthly intervals,In this way,after 2-7 treatments,most of the hair follicles in any paticular site can be successfully treated.
After this series of treatments,any futher hair growth can be treated as and when it's necessary.
Summary
Hair removal using light is a new cosmetic treatment and therefore long-term studies of the permanency and effectiveness of this method do not yet exist.
To the general public permanent means forever. Be aware that in the world of laser/IPL treatments, permanent means for longer than the normal hair growth cycle on that part of the body.
Remember that a process such as radiotherapy can cause hair loss for longer than the hair growth cycle, yet the hair can recover completely after a period of time.
Hair follicles are not completely destroyed by light treatment, and they have great powers of re-growth. It is therefore difficult to claim that the hair removal is permanent; indeed most people will experience some regrowth within a year.
To give you a more reasonable idea of what to expect, a recent study published in the British Journal of Dermatology found that "3 months after 4 treatments, 95% of patients rated their response as considerably or moderately improved."
They also found that "this degree of patient satisfaction is reflected in the high proportion who requested continued treatment at other sites after the treatment phase of the study was completed."
To put it simply,most people who are currently undergoing hair removal, are satisfied with the results:so much so, that they are going back to their clinics for similar treatment on different areas of their bodies.
