Men generally accept the presence of hair on their face or body. It is when the hair is excessive or problematic that they seek to reduce or eliminate the hair growth. In some men the hair may be ingrown.   This could result in recurrent infections and difficulty with shaving. The condition can be so severe that it may result in scarring of the skin of the face or body. In some cases hair covers fine definitions of the muscular structure of the body. Men who work hard at developing their muscles may find that the fruits of their work cannot be seen with the excess hair present on their chest or legs. For such individuals reducing the hair growth on the chest or legs may allow the muscular definition of the body to be more visible.

Many individuals interested in laser hair removal have been skeptical about the long-term results of this procedure. Until recently few lasers were able to claim permanent hair removal. The fact remains that not all hair removal lasers are able to permanently eliminate the hair growth and some can do actual harm in the process of trying. The question is which laser is most effective yet has the least possibility of injuring the patient. No hair removal system is truly complete. Some hair return is unavoidable. However with repeat sessions of laser treatment the hair growth is reduced. Tough, dark, rapidly growing hair is replaced by softer, lighter, slower growing hair. Areas of dense hair growth become sparser.

We usually perform this procedure in our office.   The skin of the area to be treated with the laser is cleaned and shaved. The laser light creates a superficial burn that causes the hair follicle to be injured while other skin elements are left undamaged. Several generations of lasers have been introduced in the past several years. Selective ablation of tissue is the mechanism of inducing injury in most lasers. Different target cells are affected by different wavelengths. The range of wavelengths extends from 500 nm lasers that primarily affect vascular structures to the 1064nm wavelengths that affect water and melanin. Long Pulsed Nd; Yag lasers are 1064nm and are targeting melanin present in the hair follicles. Dark colored hair with a lot of melanin is most affectively targeted.   White hair having little melanin is least affected. Blond hair falls somewhere in the middle of this spectrum

There will be a minimal amount of swelling in the follicles of hair after Laser Hair Removal.   Your skin may appear as having 'goose bumps'. But this will quickly resolve in a few hours. The area treated may be slightly red. You do not need any down time with this procedure. This is really something you can do and go back to work the next hour.

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