CANDELA LASER HAIR REMOVAL SKIN

In our skilled hands, these types of complications are exceedingly rare, so please choose wisely. Patients who have received such injuries at spas, salons, and other non-medical facilities routinely come to us for help with their laser treatment complications.

This generally lasts a few hours to a day and can be a little itchy.īurns and scarring are always a risk with any laser treatment. The treated area, or sometimes just the area around each follicle, may be pink. How much downtime is involved and are there any side effects? Hair regrowth diminishes with each treatment session. Most patients require 6-8 treatment sessions over the course of a year to effectively treat a particular area. Legs could take an hour depending on their length.ĭuring your consultation, one of our laser hair removal specialists will discuss your individual treatment plan. The bikini area usually runs 15-30 minutes. The upper lip or chin each take 5 minutes. The larger the area, the more time involved. Overall, our patients experience excellent results and are extremely satisfied. Please note that some people require touch-up maintenance treatments. No one can guarantee permanent elimination of 100% of unwanted hair, but there is no more effective treatment available. Unfortunately, people with blond, white, red, or grey hair are not candidates for laser hair removal because there is not enough pigmentation for the laser to target. Not to worry, you’re in good hands with us! We use a long wavelength laser, absorbed less by melanin, to minimize the risk of injury to your skin’s pigment during treatment.

CANDELA LASER HAIR REMOVAL SKIN

We don’t want the laser light to get absorbed by the skin accidentally and damage it. For that reason, special attention must be paid when treating dark and olive skin tones. The darker the skin tone, the more melanin there is. That pigment is called melanin and is also found in the skin.

The ideal candidate has light skin and dark hair because laser hair removal works by targeting pigment in the hair. If we get rid of the hair, we get rid of the problem! Laser hair removal is great for all unsightly ingrown hairs anywhere on the body. For men who get folliculitis (ingrown hairs in the beard area), laser hair removal can be very beneficial. You can also say goodbye to those tufts of hair on your fingers and toes and in your ears and nose. It’s especially great to refine the hairline by taming hair growing low on the side of the cheek (lady sideburns) or to raise the hairline around the forehead.įor many men, laser hair removal on the back and chest offers an essential solution when going shirtless especially in warm weather. Laser hair removal can also be used on the face to eliminate hair on the upper lip, the chin, and between the eyebrows. Common areas we treat are the legs, bikini area, underarms, arms, the back, and chest. Laser hair removal can be performed anywhere on the body. That’s just one of the many benefits of getting laser hair treatment at a fully licensed, medical dermatology practice. We always assess the cause of your excess or unwanted hair so we can factor in medical or hormonal conditions. That, coupled with our 20 years of experience performing laser hair removal, makes treatment with us your best option for a hair-free, carefree look! Utilizing light wavelengths of varied intensity, the GentleMAX laser safely and comfortably destroys hair follicles by targeting the pigment in unwanted hair.

Candela laser hair removal