Laser epilation for permanent hair removal

Scars can only occur during laser treatment when the powerful devices are improperly used. For this reason, staff at a good salon are professionally trained in permanent laser hair removal in order to be allowed to work with modern laser technology. These devices have individual adjustment options for different hair and skin types, integrated cooling and a type of artificial intelligence that all help avoid incorrect usage. Such laser devices are not allowed for home use, which is why IPL devices are available in stores for self-treatment, but they are significantly less powerful.

Modern laser devices are designed in such a way that their application does not allow the laser light beam to penetrate deeper skin and body layers. The laser light only acts on hair follicles in the upper layers of the skin. Slight reddening of the skin, similar to that of prolonged exposure to the sun, may develop during treatment. However, this usually goes away completely after a few hours.

Since people experience pain very individually, treatment with laser light is also felt in different ways. However, thanks to the knowledge and further developments over decades, modern laser devices ensure gentle and painless treatment that is so specifically tailored to the characteristics of natural hair and skin structure that an efficient result is obtained with the least possible stress.

Body hair does not develop and grow at the same time, but in different development phases. Hair develops in a follicle in three growth phases: In the development phase, hair develops and finally matures in the growth phase. It falls out in the third phase. If a hair is to be successfully treated with laser depilation, it must be in a mature hair follicle. During treatment, the laser does not therefore reach all hair follicles and deactivate their natural functioning.

The number of subsequent treatments necessary for complete hairlessness depends on the individual and the body area in question. This is why treatment in a professional institute is preceded by a comprehensive consultation and explanations based on a hair and skin analysis. For many body areas, around six sessions are sufficient to completely rid the skin of unwanted hair.

Laser hair removal treatment does not project cancer-causing rays onto the skin. The risk of cancer from light sources comes primarily from so-called UV rays, which are what is in sunlight and at the solarium and affects skin pigmentation. Since the laser light is not UV light, there is also no increased risk of developing skin cancer through permanent hair removal.

This fallacy stems from the experience of some people whose evenly cut hair on the head or body appears to have a thicker and stronger structure. Cutting with a razor or scissors, however, ensures that the fine ends of the hair are cut off, making the new hair tips appear stronger.

However, permanent laser hair removal does not stimulate hair growth, on the contrary, it reduces it: Hair grows back significantly thinner and softer and in fewer numbers in hair follicles that have not been deactivated.