Laser hair removal has become an integral part of the care of many modern women. But some still have certain concerns and doubts about this procedure. Despite the fact that for almost half a century, laser medicine and cosmetology has been rapidly developing, helping many people get rid of unwanted hair and even successfully treating some diseases, there are still dubious allegations about the unsafeness of the procedure or terrible side effects.
The editors of estet-portal talked to Ph.D., dermatovenereologist, president Almik, chief physician of the Center for Laser Medicine and Cosmetology «COHERENT» Egor Kolodchenko about the myths and real facts of the laser hair removal procedure.
- Contraindications for laser hair removal: is it possible to do the procedure in summer
- How many procedures you need to do to get the desired result
- At what age can you start laser hair removal
- Laser hair removal cannot cope with blond hair: myth or fact
- How to choose the right machine and what to look for
- Why is laser hair removal painful in some clinics and painless in others?
- What may cause the ineffectiveness of the procedure
- Do I need to shave my hair before laser hair removal
- After waxing, hair should be taken to go for laser hair removal: fact or myth
- If you do laser hair removal, there will be infertility: true or myth
Contraindications to the laser hair removal procedure: is it possible to do the procedure in summer
Е.К.: Direct pcontraindications for laser hair removal are: fresh sunburn, acute inflammatory diseases or herpes at the site of the procedure, or oncological diseases at the site of the procedure. These contraindications are absolute.
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Relatives include: pregnancy, keloid scarring and systemic diseases of the middle tissues, such as scleroderma.
Rumors that laser hair removal is not allowed in summer is an absolute myth! There are no contraindications for the season in any instruction, not a single device. The main contraindication — fresh tan.
And we can sunbathe at any
The cycle of changing all hair on the human body is different in different areas. But on average it takes about 18-24 months. During this period, you need to do a certain number of procedures. Usually we are talking about 5-6 sessions. But Americans, for example, do the procedure every 3-4 months, and they get 4 sessions. There is no point in visiting the procedure more often, because the hair goes through certain stages of development in its growth phases and this cycle has a standard cycle.
You need to capture 90% of the hair that will be in the active growth phase in order to destroy it. This takes up to 2 years. But, anyway, after a full cycle of procedures, 5-10% of the hair remains, which sprout later. Therefore, it is recommended to do 1-2 maintenance sessions once or a couple of times a year, since a certain amount of you all
will still germinate.
It is believed that girls who have their period can already be epilated. Today it is 10-11 years old (naturally, in agreement with parents up to 18 years old).
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You can also have the procedure at an earlier age, but there must be a medical indication for this, for example, excess hair. In other cases, before menstruation, laser hair removal is not considered an appropriate solution, because then a hormonal failure may occur and everything
may return.
Laser hair removal can not cope with blond hair: myth or fact
This is not true. There are about 8 theories of the mechanism of laser hair removal. It is not at all a fact that this is precisely the effect on melanin, because the confirmation of this is the absence of a significant effect in people with hirsutism. The hair is thick, hard, but the result is very weak. This speaks in favor of the fact that melanin is of secondary importance. An important role is played by damage to the germ layer of the hair follicle. But, of course, the thicker the hair, the more it absorbs energy and breaks down faster. Light hair in our understanding — it is a thin fluffy hair.
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Thin, light, vellus hair
has a miniature follicle and, accordingly, there is little substrate and little energy is absorbed, so it (ed. - hair) does not react, the reason is not that it is light.
Vlus hair does not lend itself to any epilation. This is a mechanism for protecting and regulating heat metabolism in humans.
And no need to try to remove them.Vlus hair
covers the whole person, except for the palms. It is not necessary to remove it, because it is thermoregulation. Sometimes these hairs become a little longer than we would like and they are fluffy in their structure, they differ from the terminal ones and are weakly affected by any apparatus. And if the hair is red, blond, they are removed in the same way as black ones. Yes, they can fall out weaker. But we are not talking about 100% loss, by no means. It is always 70-90% hair. How to choose the right device and what to look for
Е.К.: When we start asking clients what they chose, as a rule, they do not know either the device or who performed the procedure for them. They choose by some criterion of their own. Most often — is it proximity to home or a recommendation. When a person starts asking a question,
what apparatus do you have
, I say: "Do you know which ones?" You as a client do not need to go into these technical details, they will not tell you anything. Rather, I would choose experience and trust.
Choose clinics that are licensed and where protocols are followed.
Clinics that have been around for a sufficient number of years, that have health workers, and where you will be protected from any kind of side effects. First of all, there must be safety. And if a person chooses a low price, he risks himself. Here, neither the laser nor the specialist has any meaning. Because if the product is of high quality and good, it is more expensive.
The units have different cooling systems. In order for the procedure to be painless, the skin is cooled, because there is a thermal effect. When the skin is very well cooled, it seems to you that it does not hurt. If the skin is not cooled, or it is done in some other way, it seems that it is more painful. Again, if two procedures were done in different clinics on the same day, the picture would be more correct. Since in women, soreness is determined by certain days of the cycle.
The development of technology
is moving towards painlessness. The procedure should be as comfortable as possible. Therefore, if it hurts, there is some reason: either overestimated parameters, or lack of cooling, or carbon deposits on the maniple.
, although we used almost the same technique as we do now, the percentage of people who needed painkillers was much higher than it is now. Of course there are areas where the sensitivity is higher: the area above the upper lip and the bikini area.In the beginning, 20 percent asked for pain medication, today, I think less than 1%. Most often, topical anesthetics are anesthetized.
And an allergic reaction from a laser cannot occur, because the laser — it's light.
bepanthen, panthenol.
What may cause the ineffectiveness of the procedure
There are several factors.1) The procedure was done too often. The effect was from the first procedure, and then the hair began to grow again.
2) Low-quality equipment was used.
3) Personality.
4) Pulse economy and non-compliance with the protocol.
The interval between laser hair removal sessions
must be at least 4 weeks. With each procedure, the period increases. and half a year may pass between the last procedures.
Do I need to shave my hair before laser hair removal
It depends on the protocol provided by the manufacturer. Some laser devices are used remotely, do not touch the skin. In this case, they say that there is no need to shave off the hair. Other devices use the contact method, when the handpiece is applied to the skin. Therefore, anything between the handpiece and the skin can potentially create burns. They recommend to shave your hair. I think this is more correct.
In some cases, when cheap devices are used, in order to demonstrate the effect, it is necessary that there is an odor at the place of the procedure (scorched hair, - approx. re.). And by the way, there is such a problem, because people who saw this effect on the surface, they believe that it should be so, that it is correct and do not understand that we need the energy to go inside and destroy the follicle and not the growing hair on
skin surface.
Before laser hair removal, it is always recommended to use a razor, and not to pull out the hairs, so that the laser would have normal hairs and not damaged ones. When we use a razor, there is mechanical irritation and thick hair grows. But for a laser it doesn't really matter. Another question is that if waxing was done, then all the bulbs were torn out, so you need to wait a while until something starts to form, so that the laser has something to act on. But in any case, you need a doctor to look.
Waxing, because the hair breaks out, leads to thinning of the hair, to ingrown, and the method of treatment after wax — E.K.:(laughs) The strongest motivator in the human psyche — it is fear. When we are afraid of something, we put in a lot of effort. Imagine a person has been waxing all his life. He has a client who comes to the procedure every 2-3 weeks to do wax. A person understands that if this client does hair removal, he will come to him 3 times less often and for fewer zones. A person loses his earnings, the only way to keep a client — scare him. The fact that the laser leads to infertility — a complete myth.
As well as the fact that it can cause cancer. Laser light does not penetrate the skin deeper than 5 millimeters and completely dissipates in the subcutaneous tissue and generally cannot affect childbearing. Laser hair removal has been performed in the world for 30-40 years. If something like that had happened, it would have been banned long ago.See more important and useful information on our YouTube:
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