Those who generally suffer from the stigma of being different are those with excessive facial and body hair and in this case they do what they can in private to deal with the hair while suffering emotional distress in public. In the past few months, two more options for hair removal were given to residents, one uses laser technology and the other one uses a more advanced form of light treatment. It is laser hair removal that a family physician in Altoona has been doing for the past several months. In this case, she explained that lasers give off high energy light.
First, the light is shone on skin with hair on it and then the light does nothing to the skin but concentrates on the hair to destroy the hair follicle. Because it puts a needle in each hair follicle and zaps it with an electric current which can be tedious and painful, this is nothing like electrolysis. Here, electrolysis can treat an upper lip but it can take 30 minutes while laser treatment can do it in a minute or so. When it comes to this, two to three treatments are needed per area. For women, she commonly does upper lips, chins, underarms, and bikini lines. What men request for is hair removal on backs and necks and to thin out beards.
In order for people with dark pigmented skin and fine blond hair to get their desired results, there are some modifications that can be applied to the procedure.
Here, costing $200 is the initial consultation and first session. On the average, $200 for an area on the face and $350 for the bikini line or underarm are the costs for follow up treatments. The fees for larger areas such as the legs or back are negotiable here. In the case of photothermolysis, it is the underlying technology of how physicians go after the target area. It is the heat that is given off by the light source that is responsible for destroying hair follicles.
Taking light waves into consideration, they have different frequencies similar to radio waves that have different frequencies. Just like someone who tunes in different frequencies to pick up different radio stations, the machine is similarly adjusted to get the correct light frequency for each person, based on the hair color, hair thickness and skin color. Such a machine is about the size of a stacked apartment size washer dryer combination and to adjust the intensity of the light for each patient all you need to do is change the filters. Here, the light flash lasts about 5/lOOOths of a second and about 30 pulses of light are done during a treatment.
About 1/2 inch by 1 1/2 inch is the area that the pulse hits and it is like a stick of gum. It is possible for a surgeon to do a lip and chin area or both cheeks during one session for thirty of those pulses equal about 20 square inches. Get two to three treatments per area. Taking the follow up visits into consideration, do them about a month apart to allow time for the hair follicles to die and fall out. Time is important because it can activate the hairs that were in their resting phase since only active hairs can be treated here.
Usually referred to as permanent hair reduction or long term hair removal, not permanent hair removal, is this procedure. You may experience some side effects like minor skin irritation and minimal swelling. Here, patients can go back to their regular activities as soon as the procedure is over and side effects are temporary.
First, the light is shone on skin with hair on it and then the light does nothing to the skin but concentrates on the hair to destroy the hair follicle. Because it puts a needle in each hair follicle and zaps it with an electric current which can be tedious and painful, this is nothing like electrolysis. Here, electrolysis can treat an upper lip but it can take 30 minutes while laser treatment can do it in a minute or so. When it comes to this, two to three treatments are needed per area. For women, she commonly does upper lips, chins, underarms, and bikini lines. What men request for is hair removal on backs and necks and to thin out beards.
In order for people with dark pigmented skin and fine blond hair to get their desired results, there are some modifications that can be applied to the procedure.
Here, costing $200 is the initial consultation and first session. On the average, $200 for an area on the face and $350 for the bikini line or underarm are the costs for follow up treatments. The fees for larger areas such as the legs or back are negotiable here. In the case of photothermolysis, it is the underlying technology of how physicians go after the target area. It is the heat that is given off by the light source that is responsible for destroying hair follicles.
Taking light waves into consideration, they have different frequencies similar to radio waves that have different frequencies. Just like someone who tunes in different frequencies to pick up different radio stations, the machine is similarly adjusted to get the correct light frequency for each person, based on the hair color, hair thickness and skin color. Such a machine is about the size of a stacked apartment size washer dryer combination and to adjust the intensity of the light for each patient all you need to do is change the filters. Here, the light flash lasts about 5/lOOOths of a second and about 30 pulses of light are done during a treatment.
About 1/2 inch by 1 1/2 inch is the area that the pulse hits and it is like a stick of gum. It is possible for a surgeon to do a lip and chin area or both cheeks during one session for thirty of those pulses equal about 20 square inches. Get two to three treatments per area. Taking the follow up visits into consideration, do them about a month apart to allow time for the hair follicles to die and fall out. Time is important because it can activate the hairs that were in their resting phase since only active hairs can be treated here.
Usually referred to as permanent hair reduction or long term hair removal, not permanent hair removal, is this procedure. You may experience some side effects like minor skin irritation and minimal swelling. Here, patients can go back to their regular activities as soon as the procedure is over and side effects are temporary.
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