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Laser hair removal

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Last reviewed: 19.11.2021
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Laser Hair Removal is an excellent procedure for removing excess vegetation, which allows women and girls to feel like a goddess.

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Preparatory procedures and laser hair removal

To achieve maximum effect and completely get rid of unwanted hair, before the procedure, you have to wait until in those places where the hair was previously manually removed (with the help of resin, wax, depilatory creams, depilatory), they were able to fully recover and grow. The recommended length is three to five millimeters. It is then that the process occurs with minimal pain and with the highest degree of effectiveness. When the length exceeds, then the hair needs to be cut.

For many people, laser hair removal is painless, since the pain threshold is high. But there are also patients with low, because this process brings them pain. In this case, you can do anesthesia.

Laser Hair Removal Machine

With the help of a laser, energy is directed to the hair, which destroys the hair follicle. Due to the fact that the hair contains a significant part of melanin, it absorbs significant laser energy, the skin from it does not suffer at all and is not damaged. Hair from laser energy is burned, bulbs are damaged or even destroyed. This leads to the fact that unwanted hair stops growing.

Laser facial hair removal

Due to a hormonal failure in the body or just some changes, the scalp on the face (especially the mustache over the upper lip and the chin in women) may increase. Especially often this problem occurs with age. Before laser hair removal on the face is best to consult a doctor to understand what caused the increase in hair follicles.

Men do laser facial hair removal due to irritation on the face after shaving. Laser hair removal on the face allows you to get rid of this daily debilitating process.

Removing facial hair with a laser can be a little painful, so if you want, you can do a local anesthetic.

Laser Hair Removal Bikini

The bikini area is one of the most delicate on the human body, therefore for many women the elimination of unwanted hair in this area is a problem problematic due to constant irritation, inflammation and painful sensations. Laser hair removal in the bikini zone is the most hypoallergenic method and allows you to carefully cope with this problem without damaging the delicate and sensitive skin in this area.

Laser hair removal and photoepilation

In general, laser hair removal is much more effective than photoepilation. But the problem is that laser hair removal can not cope with gentle gun hair and light-colored hair, and photo-epilation is able to do it. Because now it is used in those cases where laser hair removal does not cope with its tasks.

During photoepilation, the hair follicles are destroyed with the help of short-term light broadband flashes of light. Like laser hair removal, photoepilation is carried out in several stages.

Contraindications for laser hair removal

Contraindications to laser hair removal are relative and absolute.

Relative contraindications:

  • pigmentation of hair and skin. If the skin is light and the hair is dark, then the procedure will be more effective than in the case of dark skin and blond hair. True, now lasers make it possible to remove even lighter hair. Do not advise laser hair removal, when the skin is dark and tanned, as there may be a burn.
  • pregnancy. At present, the effect on the fetus with laser hair removal is not yet known. It is believed that it has no negative effect, but physicians do not recommend epilation during pregnancy or lactation. You can remove unwanted hair in the armpits, on the arms, legs, face, but the bikini area is best not to touch at this time.
  • temporary damage to the skin or skin problems: the presence of wounds, burns, scars, irritations.
  • respiratory diseases. During them it is not recommended to do laser hair removal, as the body is weakened at this time.

Absolute contraindications for laser removal of unwanted hair:

  • infection in areas that will be treated with a laser;
  • Skin diseases (presence of psoriasis, scleroderma, vitiligo, dermatosis, neurodermatitis, malignant skin diseases, eczema, etc.);
  • oncological diseases;
  • problems of the thyroid gland (with laser epilation of the neck);
  • diabetes.

With such contraindications, laser hair removal can lead to very negative consequences.

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Recommendations after laser hair removal

Contraindicated:

  • sunbathe for fourteen days;
  • a hot bath for three days;
  • pool with chlorinated water (first three days);
  • influence on the areas of alcohol-containing proepilated areas for three days;

How to care for the skin after laser hair removal?

Due to the fact that after the procedures for eliminating unwanted hair with a laser, the skin is slightly irritated (it turns a little red, places near the hair follicles can swell a little), after which all special remedies are applied to eliminate irritation. Such means give effect in a quarter of an hour, but without additional efforts, the irritation itself will come to naught within an hour or three. If the skin is very sensitive, small surface burns may appear. Without treatment, they go through the week, if you deal with their treatment, then even sooner.

Redness and burns are removed with Bepanten lotion or Panthenol spray, before going out to the sun recommend using creams with SPF protection for more than thirty units.

But even if there are no problems, it is better not to use irritating creams after laser hair removal, for example, with the presence of abrasive particles.

In addition, the course of laser hair removal involves several sessions, which are repeated periodically. In the intervals it is necessary to refrain from using a vibro-epilator, razor, tweezers, wax, depilatory creams, when temporarily left hair still arise. Also, do not sunbathe for a week after laser hair removal and three weeks before it.

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