Permanent Laser Hair Removal

Posted by Novelty Clinic on October 19th, 2022

Okay, you guys are totally going to think I'm weird when I admit this... When I think "laser," the first thing that enters my mind is "laser gun." Which would then usually lead up to "laser gunfight," which would then eventually become "epic interstellar battle set in the Thirtieth Century."

I know that most people's thought-trains don't travel in those -I'll admit- somewhat off-the-beaten-track directions, but you'll have to admit, a thirtieth century interstellar laser war sounds pretty cool. These days though, lasers are actually used for some pretty mundane things. Like permanent laser hair removal.

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If I had a choice, I'd really rather be zapping baddies with my laser gun than zapping my armpit hairs. I don't have much of an opportunity to do this though, and I still think that lasers are really cool, so laser hair removal is, therefore, really cool too.

What is Laser Hair Removal Anyway?

Laser hair removal is when the hair on a person's face and/or body is removed -usually permanently- using intense pulses of light set at a particular wavelength. This laser pulse targets the melanin -or pigment- in the hair shaft, and damaging it by heating the follicle so that the hair doesn't grow back. If the person's skin color is notably lighter than their hair, the skin in the area where the light pulse was targeted won't heat up.

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Permanent laser hair removal treatment won't take with some people, but on those who do, you can be pretty sure that the hair in that area won't grow back. That's why they call it PERMANENT laser hair removal. This form of hair removal is really reliable, although it's usually considered to be less reliable than electrolysis, which uses a slight electric jolt to destroy the hair shaft, rather than an intense beam of laser light.

Compared to electrolysis though, permanent laser hair removal is a lot less painful. Like electrolysis though, so that you can make sure that the area that you want treated will remain permanently hair-free, you'll have to go back for multiple sessions over the course of a few weeks or months, so that any hair strands in their "resting" phase can be removed as they come out of that phase and begin growing again.

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Who Are the Best Kinds of Candidates for Laser Hair Removal?

Since the laser beam targets the dark pigment in the hair shaft, people with very dark, coarse hair and light skin are usually the best candidates. Depending on the kind of laser being used, darker-skinned individuals usually tend to also end up with discolored skin around the treated area, since the light won't be able to target their hair as well as it would with a stronger contrast between dark hair and light skin.

The stronger the contrast between light skin and dark hair, the better the possible permanent laser hair removal results will usually be, and the less likely it would be for a person to suffer from side-effects.

What Are the Side-Effects of Permanent Laser Hair Removal?

If you're thinking about getting this kind of treatment for your unwanted hairs, keep in mind that the results can vary between individuals, and that a person can run the risk of suffering from side-effects like acne flare-ups, scab formation, hyper- or hypopigmentation, swelling, soreness, burning, and a condition known as purpura, where purple or red-colored discolorations appear on the skin of the area where the permanent laser hair removal treatment had been performed. That's definitely not as cool as an interstellar laser war.