Laser Removal Hair

Are you fed up of continuously waxing an shaving?

Have other hair removal methods just been unsuccessful an costing a great amount?

Do you suffer from ingrown hairs and want significant hair reduction?

If the answer is yes, you’ll be happy to know about the Elite (MPX) Laser. Many thanks to Cynosure for providing this powerful medical grade laser machine.

Who is it for?

The Elite MPX can be used on white to black skin, very safe and effectively.

Alexandrite Laser (Alex 755): Used on light caucasian skin to medium light skin tones.

ND YAG 1064 Laser: Used on Mediuim, brown, to black skin.

A qualified practitioner will decide which laser is most suitable for your individual skin color,

How does laser hair removal work?

The Elite Laser works by a Laser beam that penetrates through the skin, its enegy is converted into heat energy destroying the hair follicles. The Laser targets the dark pigment in the hair (Melanin cells) hence promoting hair reduction or permanent results.

4-8 treatments are recommended for Alexandrite 755 clients and 6-8 treatments are recommended for  Nd Yag 1064 clients.

Disadvantages of laser hair treatments:

Laser will not work on white,grey, blonde, or red hairs. Therefore other methods such as electrolysis may be suitable to use.

You will not be able to wax, pluck, epilate or bleach the areas treated before or inbetween treatment. This is because these methods remove/lighten the root of the hair which is the main target for the Laser, so therefor it wouldn’t work effectively.

Also before or after Laser treatments you have to be very careful with sun exposure/ preferably avoid it all together. Any tan or sun exposure to the skin is very dangerous when having laser as it can result in pigmenting, bruising, burning, blistering or scabbing.

Advantages: Safe and quick procedure, Able to treat on black dark skin, powerful medical grade laser. Can also be used to treat pigmentation and varicose veins.

Long term results.

Does not cause ingrown hairs.

Easy maintenance. (After Full coarse would only need top ups once a year or less.)

IPL and Laser

The difference

IPL stands for Intense Pulsed Light. This is not the same as laser and many companies fool customers by putting ‘IPL laser’ when really IPL is a type of light. This table below shows the difference between IPL and Laser.

IPL                                                  Laser

IPL’s are not direct like laser beams, they are more generalised, therefore they go in many directions and target different components such as water, melanin, blood vessels in the skin. Where as, laser is direct and targets 1 thing, being melanin in the hair, which makes Laser properties beneficial for hair reduction. However, IPL’s are not useless, because of there properties, they are excellent for skin rejuvenation treatments.

Common asked questions

Laser Hair Removal

How can i tell the difference between IPL and laser? ipls tend to have a big white flash, bigger head piece with longer pulses. Lasers have the opposite

Does it hurt? you will feel  warm elastic band flick sensation, which is manageable. our cooling device makes it more comfortable.

How many treatments do i need? for light skn types with dark hairs 4-8 treatments are recommended and for brown to dark skin types 6-8 treatments.

Is it expensive? laser tends to cost more than ipl, however with ipl you tend to need more treatments, therefore you sometimes spend more on ipl. hence laser works out cheaper in the end. Different body areas and number of treatments vary in price.

Why is the alexandriate and nd yag so great? what makes them better than other lasers? research have shown the nd yag being the safest and  most effective Laser for dark skins to use and alexandrite to be very effective. they both penetrate  deep into tissue than the other lasers except the diode Laser which penetrates about the same depth into tissue.

Where can you laser on the body? anywhere except for below the eyebrows (the laser is too risky to treat near the eye socket).