IPL is safe and effective for hair removal. It
is important to understand several things:
1. IPL (or any other light/laser treatment) is
not effective for light (blonde) hair.
2. Hairs are in different stages of a growth
cycle at any given time. Only about 25% of the
hairs are susceptible to the light energy during
a single treatment session. Waiting 1 – 2 months
will allow other hairs to become susceptible.
3. Hair follicles are destroyed by the light
energy because they are darker than the surrounding
tissue. The darker color absorbs more light and
therefore destroyed by heat generation. The closer
the hair color is to the skin color – the more
difficult it is to create the desired differential.
Our equipment (RADIANCY) is very effective for
darker skin types.
4. PERMANANCE- Some hair (estimated 15%+) is
permanently destroyed at each session. After 3
– 5 sessions the result is probably somewhere
between very noticeable to quite satisfactory
– but this is not to say that it is TOTAL. This
hair that returns is usually much finer and lighter
(vellus hair). So- it is reasonable to expect
a permanent REDUCTION in hair growth such that
you become satisfied with the result, when compared
to pre-treatment.
5. There is a very small percentage of favorable
candidates (dark hair0light skin) who mysteriously
do not respond.
6. To my knowledge there is no laser or light
treatment in existence, which eliminates all hair
forever.
Treatments vary from 5 minute (upper lip) to 1
hour (legs or back) in 4-6 sessions spread over
3-9 months.
