What Are the Benefits of Laser Hair Removal?

With warmer weather on the horizon, who doesn’t want to have smooth skin? When you have excess body hair, you may feel self-conscious about going to the beach or simply wearing shorts to the grocery store. Laser hair removal is an effective treatment option to remove unwanted hair for longer than tweezing, shaving or waxing. What is this hair removal method and what are its benefits?

How Does Laser Hair Removal Work?

Although the thought of laser treatment can be intimidating, today’s technology makes the process much more comfortable for the patient. A beam of light concentrates intense energy on the hair follicle and stunts the future hair growth, without impacting the surrounding tissue. These treatments repeated at appropriate intervals are what eventually lead to the follicle no longer producing the hair. Laser treatment removes undesirable amounts of hair from the face, arms, underarm, chest, back, legs and bikini area.

What Are the Pros of Treatment?

1. Comfort: At the Vein Centers of Connecticut, we use the GentleYAG® and GentleLASE® systems by Candela with skin-cooling technology to ease any discomfort. Laser hair removal is less painful than stripping away hair with hot wax or electrolysis. Patients describe the laser to feel similar to the snapping of a rubber band.
2. Accuracy: Laser treatment is much more precise than attempting to remove hairs on your own. Lasers target those tough-to-remove, stubborn hairs that you may miss with tweezers or a razor and do not damage the surrounding skin.
3. Speed: Lasers remove unwanted hair in a matter of seconds. Depending on the size of the area being treated, these procedures are performed rather quickly. The upper lip takes less than one minute, while full back, chest or legs take less than an hour to complete.
4. Results: Laser hair removal works to permanently reduce the hair and produces precise results. Laser hair removal packages are sold in packages of 12 but reduction of hair can be seen within a few treatments. If you have excess body hair, take back your confidence and try laser hair removal this spring!

Contact us today for more information about laser hair removal for women and men.