Laser hair removal is now one of the world’s most popular beauty treatments. Don’t worry, we’re not counting that as one of the 5 things you didn’t know about the procedure. More than 1.5 million treatments were carried out last year. That’s a growth of almost half a million compared to five years previous. Each year, the number of people opting for laser hair removal grows.
1. Laser Hair Removal May Bring Side Effects
We often think of lasers as healing tools. They heal the eyes, the skin, and even wounds. But these lasers aren’t completely devoid of negative consequences. While most go through a session of laser hair removal without any problems in the slightest, some unfortunate folks will experience red patches, itchiness, warmness, and in rare cases blisters. Weigh up the positives and negatives of laser hair removal before booking yourself in for a session.
2. Treatments Don’t Take Long – Usually an Hour, Max
Maybe the reason people think laser hair removal takes hours is because it reminds them of a cosmetic surgery procedure. With any surgical procedure, there’s lots of messing around changing into gowns and filling in forms. When you have your body hair removed, you’re in and out in around an hour. If you’re worried that’s not long enough for you to get the kind of results you want, don’t be. It’s more than enough time. Not only will you be out in an hour, you’ll also be enjoying silky smooth legs, or any other body part for that matter, for a considerable amount of time.
This may come as a surprise to you, but the laser hair removal process isn’t really painful. In fact, most don’t find it painful in the slightest. While you may feel some warmth in the area that’s being treated, that’s about all you’ll feel. If your skin’s sensitive, you might feel what can best be described as a type of twitching, but it isn’t painful. Compare this to waxing, which is extremely painful, and suddenly the advantages of laser therapy become clear.
4. How Hairy You Are Really Doesn’t Matter
You don’t need to be hairy to have laser hair removal treatment. In fact, you can be virtually hairless, it’ll still be effective. If you’ve grown out your body hair for a week, unfortunately you’ve wasted your time.
As the laser penetrates the deeper layers of your skin, surface hair really doesn’t matter very much. While it may be too late to turn back the clock now, remember that for future treatments.
5. You’ll Need to Find the Right Laser for You
There are different types of lasers out there and different ones will have different effects. As we’re all different, you’ll need to find the right type of laser to match your skin type and your pigmentation. You may find the first laser you use works brilliantly. If that’s the case, great! Some, however, find that their first session isn’t as effective as they’d have liked it to be. These people are recommended to try a different clinic with a different type of laser.
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