Laser Hair Removal... Many people have unwanted body hair, requiring repeated shaving, painful waxing, or electrolysis. Additionally many men have simply had to live with unwanted hair on their back or upper arms and have faced ridicule when going shirtless in hot weather. Now laser technology allows a dramatic reduction in unwanted body hair for most patients in just 3 or 4 treatments. Laser light is transmitted onto hair-bearing skin and the darker hair pigment in the follicles absorbs the light. This heats the hair follicle, damaging or eliminating its ability to produce hair. These treatments involve minimal discomfort and are usually given monthly as a series of 3 or 4. This allows hair follicles that may not be actively growing at the time of any one treatment to be treated at subsequent sessions. The best candidates are lighter skinned people with darker hair colors, although new laser advances are continually improving the ability to treat pigmented skin safely. Despite many advertising claims that laser hair removal is permanent, we suggest that most properly selected patients are very pleased with the long lasting reduction in hair growth even if subsequent treatments are required for new hair growth.
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