The laser is perhaps the world’s most advanced treatment for the effective removal of body hair. You probably know that just about your entire body is covered with some hair and when darker, thicker hair grows in places you do not like or expect, you can consider hair removal by laser. The traditional remedies for unwanted hair, like plucking, shaving, waxing or chemical depilatories, are often painful, usually messy, and are all temporary.
Then there is electrolysis which is popular and effective but can be painful and slow. An electric current passes through a needle to destroy each individual hair’s root ability to grow. Typically taking months of regular visits just for small areas like the upper lip. Risks can include electrical shock, infection and scarring or pitting. There is an effective solution! The laser is the state-of-the-art system specially designed to remove unwanted hair much faster and more efficiently than electrolysis.
A laser produces a beam of highly concentrated light and different types of laser produce different colours. The colour of a lasers light is the key to its effectiveness and the pigment located in the hair follicles absorbs the light coming from the laser. Pulsing for a fraction of a second, just enough to vaporise the pigment, the laser disables several follicles at a time to eliminate or significantly impede re-growth. On average, between six to eight hair reduction treatments are needed to give you smooth, hair-free skin. In any area, hairs actively growing are most affected by laser, while hairs that are regressing or dormant will be less affected and could warrant additional treatments. Afterwards you may experience what appears to be the re-growth of hair where in fact, this is hair being shed as a result of the treatment and you should not wax or pluck at this stage, although shaving is acceptable.
The laser takes seconds to treat an area that would take over an hour with electrolysis and unlike some other systems, it is a proven, safe and effective treatment for every part of the body, suitable even for highly sensitive areas such as the nipples, the bikini line and full pubic.Hair’s active re-growth phase is called anagen and during anagen, the hair contains an abundance of melanin. Catagen is the regression phase when the lower part of the hair stops growing but is not shed, and the follicle is reabsorbed. The resting phase is called telogen, when the old hair falls out in preparation for the development of new hair.
Full range of laser treatments available at Skin Oasis:
- ND-Yag(darker skin type)
- Alexandrite (lighter skin type)
- NLiteLaser Acne treatment
- Fraxel Laser acne scarring
- NLite, ND-yag Laser vascular (vein/capillary) treatment