The latest trend in the hair removal treatments market is laser. It’s been touted to be effective, painless method of hair removal from all parts of the body and comes with a guarantee that unwanted hair will disappear permanently from prominent areas. Laser hair removal is a procedure that uses laser beams, which are passed through the surface of the skin to go deep inside to kill the hair follicles in their roots.
This is a very expensive procedure that’s done by professionals specially trained to do it. It can take up to several hours to remove hair from certain areas like upper lip, bikini area and even the eyebrows. This is a cosmetic procedure. There are many pros and cons to this procedure and it’s better to be well informed about this procedure and its after effects before you decide on trying out yourself. It will certainly save you time, money and a bad painful experience.
Pros of Laser Hair Removal
- Laser hair treatment is painless. Your will not experience anything while the treatment is going on. Even if there is a slight discomfort, it will appear like an ant bite and can be tolerated.
- Good results can be experienced when laser hair removal is done. Your hair tends to take longer time to grow back. After a couple of sittings, it will even stop growing thus giving you the flawless look you have always wanted.
- It’s an ideal procedure for fine facial hair and even the bikini areas. After a laser sitting, the hair takes a much longer time to grow and the next sitting usually happens after six to eight weeks.
- This is one treatment approved by FDA or Food and Drug Administration in U.S. This means as long as it’s done by a licensed professional, it’s absolutely safe and effective.
- Some insurance companies have laser treatment covered by a special policy. You should check this out. While you get a flawless, smooth skin, you also get covered in case something does happen.
Cons of Laser Hair Removal
- Laser Hair Removal is an expensive cosmetic procedure. An experienced dermatologist will be expensive and he/she is highly reputed in this procedure then get ready to shell out lots of money if you do want a permanent solution to your hair problems.
- The number of sessions to remove hair using laser can vary depending on how thick your hair growth is and the area. If it’s the face, then hair will be fine, while hair in the bikini area and underarms would be thicker. Thus the number of hair removal sessions will vary.
- Each session of laser hair removal is expensive. So be prepared to shell out lots of money for a few sessions before you see the desired results on your skin.
- There is no guarantee that it will be permanent. There have been many cases where women had experienced re-growth of hair even after many sessions. There are chances that some hairs may get left off during the treatment. The lucky ones got rid of their unwanted hair in just a few sessions. It does not work the same for everyone.
- Long term hair removal is not guaranteed only reduction of hair thickness. The hair tends to grow back slowly after a few weeks; however the thickness of the hair follicles will be much thinner.
- The possibility of burns, scarring and infections occurring are high and this occurs because many women fail to seek the help of reputed experienced dermatologists to perform the treatment and instead seek the services of lesser known unlicensed professionals because they are inexpensive. At times the scars caused can be permanent. This will leave your skin looking far worse than when you had the hair. If it’s on the face, then it can be irreversible.
- It works well on light skins with dark coarse hair. Laser is attracted to darker colors and therefore it will easily work well on dark hair and help in its removal more effectively than light colored hair. Not all hair types and skin types are suited for this procedure and see the expected results.
This will provide you with a fair idea of the pros and cons involved in laser treatment. Now it’s up to you if you want to go ahead with this cosmetic procedure.
