Imagine greeting the upcoming swimsuit season with a body that you don’t have to keep shaving or waxing. Well, we can help you realize that dream with our laser hair removal service — if you start now.
If you’d like to tackle body hair, we can get started now so that you can hit the beach with smooth, hair-free skin.
Dealing with your unwanted body hair can leave you tired, stressed out, and emotionally and physically irritated. However, if you just leave your unwanted body hair alone, it can negatively impact your self-esteem, creating issues in your personal life and even potentially your professional life. So how do you balance your wish to be free from plucking, shaving, and waxing with your aesthetic and personal goals? You might be surprised to learn how effective laser hair removal therapy could be for your unwanted body hair issues.
At Revive Medical Aesthetics, our experienced staff offer services including laser hair removal. Here’s what you need to know about how this treatment can get rid of your unwanted hair with minimal hassle and long-lasting results. For your convenience, we offer Laser Memberships too.
Imagine greeting the upcoming swimsuit season with a body that you don’t have to keep shaving or waxing. Well, we can help you realize that dream with our laser hair removal service — if you start now.
Hair where you don’t want it
No matter where your unwanted body hair grows, we can likely get to the root of the problem with laser hair removal treatments. We can use laser therapy to target and permanently stun the hair follicles located in spots, including:
- On areas of your face, including your upper lip, cheeks, and chin
- Your back or chest
- Your arms or legs
- Your underarm and bikini areas
The length of your appointment and the amount of discomfort you’re likely to experience during treatment depend on the size and location of the area you want to permanently depilate. Appointments are often quite brief, as short as just a few minutes.
The right tool for the job
When it comes to unwanted body hair, which delivers targeted light energy into your hair follicles, destroying them for good.
We can use the Icon laser on most areas of your body, including your:
- Legs
- Armpits
- Bikini line
- Back
- Chest
Notice that we include the back and chest because laser hair removal isn’t just for women. Many of our male patients come to us to have the excessive body hair on the trunks of their bodies removed, giving them smoother, hair-free skin that they, too, can show off come swimsuit season.
Effective treatment options
Revive Medical Aesthetics offers multiple laser hair removal treatment options. You can opt to use:
- The Cutera CoolGlide® laser hair removal system, targeting your active hair follicles with heat while the unique handpiece also provides a soothing cooling effect for your skin
- ProWave™ laser hair removal, the best option for eliminating darker, more pigmented hairs
Although many patients don’t report any pain at all during laser therapy, others describe the sensation as feeling like getting repeatedly snapped with a rubber band. We can also use a topical anesthetic if you’re concerned about sensitivity.
Let your skin recover for the first 24 hours after a treatment session, avoiding immersion in hot water and exposure to sunlight. In the days and weeks following each treatment, you’ll notice your hair falling away. The stunned follicles won’t produce hair again.
Multiple treatments for lasting results
Don’t wait too long to get started with laser hair removal. Because of the way your hair naturally grows, it takes multiple laser hair removal treatments for you to see your best results. Your hair follicles activate in waves. In each session, we are able to stun only the follicles actively producing hair.
In order to target every follicle in your desired treatment area, you’ll need to come in for about five to seven treatments, each spaced about six weeks apart to allow healing and the activation of a new wave of follicles. You should plan on skipping plucking and waxing during the treatment process, as well.To get started with the process of complete hair removal via laser treatment, contact Revive Medical Aesthetics today. Our med spa, located in Longview, Washington, offers a full menu of hair removal services to both male and female patients. You can schedule your appointment over the phone or by using the online booking tool.
The timeline
The reason you should begin your laser hair removal sooner rather than later is that it typically takes a series of treatments to garner the results you want. Why? At any given time, your hair is in one of three stages:
- Active hair growth
- Transitional
- Resting
During your first treatment, we tackle the active hair follicles, which are readily visible to us. A few weeks later, you return so that we can address any new hair that becomes active in the treatment area. And we continue these passes every few weeks until we’re satisfied that we’ve covered the entire area.
The power behind laser hair removal
The secret of laser hair removal lies in the properties of laser light. This special light carries a great deal of energy in a narrow, single wavelength beam. This wavelength can be adjusted to target your hair follicles.
Once the adjustments are made, most of the energy passes through surrounding skin — leaving your skin unharmed — and gets absorbed by the hair follicles. When the laser energy enters the follicles, it damages the follicles and inhibits growth.
Hair follicle behavior
Your hair follicles go through a number of stages, and laser hair removal targets your follicles that are in the growth stage. Since only about one-third of hair follicles are in the growth stage and any one time, several laser hair removal treatments may be necessary before you see the level of hair removal you desire.
When a follicle is warmed enough, it effectively dies, unable to grow hair any longer, and your body disposes of the follicle tissue through natural body maintenance. Skin and hair color can affect your results, but improving technology is continuing to provide better and better results.
How laser hair removal is performed
First, the hair in the targeted area is trimmed to within a few millimeters of your skin. Then the laser controller is adjusted to recognize your skin and hair conditions. You may be asked to wear eye protection — particularly if the treatment is near your face — and a cooling gel might be used to further protect your skin from light absorption.
Your provider then uses the laser handpiece to deliver extremely short pulses of light energy to the treatment area. The length of your session will depend on the size of the area being treated. A small area, such as the upper lip, will only take a moment, while arms or legs may take longer. You will be able to return to your daily activities immediately after your session.
A gradual reveal
Because we remove your hair in stages, your results will be gradual as you progress through your treatments. During the weeks following your first session with us, you’ll be delighted to watch your body hair begin to fall out. And as we continue with your treatments, your body hair gradually disappears altogether.
Prep and aftercare
If you want to get started as soon as possible, we ask that you stop any method of hair removal that pulls the hair out by the root, such as waxing (you may still shave, since you’re only breaking the hair at the shaft). When we can easily identify and target your hair follicles, we’re able to provide you with better coverage.
After your laser hair removal treatments, you need to be especially mindful to wear sunscreen on your treatment areas. Your skin is vulnerable after laser hair removal so a little sun protection goes a long way toward achieving smooth, evenly toned skin.
If you’d like to say goodbye to the hassle of removing your body hair this summer, give us a call to start your laser hair removal treatments. 905-239-4124
Is laser hair removal damaging?
Laser hair removal can be dangerous in inexperienced hands. Burns, permanent changes to your skin color, and scars can occur. You can greatly reduce the risk of possible side effects by having your treatment performed by a medical doctor who is extremely skilled in using lasers and has in-depth knowledge of the skin.
