Permanent Epilation Treatment

Almost everyone loves a full head of hair and most would spend quite a tidy sum taking care of theirs. All the same, you would not want to have hair growth in some parts of your body. This is why people are looking for hair removal solutions.

The foremost and most popular hair removal method is shaving. After decades of using the time tried method of blades and shaving sticks, creams and other methods that aid hair removal have been manufactured. All the afore mentioned have one disadvantage and that is that they are temporary measures. People seek to have a treatment that would permanently remove those unwanted hair.

With the advancement in technology some ways to have unwanted hair removed permanently have been introduced. We shall examine a few of these methods and the consequences of using them.

There are quite a number of them available, some of the preferred ones are the Laser Hair Removal,Electrolysis, Photo-Epilation.

So many people have come to discover that the Electrolysis takes a lot of time and can also be quite painful. For the Electrolysis method, every hair follicle is treated singly. Electric current is passed to each individual hair follicle by means of a needle inserted into the hair follicle. You can imagine how long this would take depending on the area of your body you are treating.

Laser Hair Removal and Photoepilation are very similar in that they both operate under the principle of Selective Photothermolysis. The foremost difference between the two treatments is that Laser uses single wavelength while Photoepilation uses IPL(Intense Pulsed Light) which creates a wider field of energy that involves different wavelengths.

These are some of the touted permanent hair removal methods available. The question of whether they are really permanent or how long they'll last depends on the individual that had the treatment. Since there are variables like skin type, hair color, skin color etc in play, the results expected is never the same and most professionals would not commit to telling you exactly what you are to expect.

The different types of permanent hair removal methods however would either totally stop the growth of hair or reduce its growth. The reason why it is recommended that the treatment be repeated is so that the hair can be caught at its various stages of growth. It is said that hair removal treatment is easiest on hair that is at the anagen stage. What we can infer from this is that if a hair follicle is treated when it is not at this stage, their may be the need to repeat the treatment until every hair follicle is at least caught at this stage to guarantee best results.

Of all the method shown above, electrolysis is the most time consuming and therefore expensive. It involves more pain than the others. Actually, quite a number of people report only a mild smarting of the skin during a laser hair removal . In the case of electrolysis, it is not so.

There is a need to consult a specialist hair removal Doctor so that the best method for your skin type can be used. It is of great importance that you do not subject yourself to treatment by quacks to avoid sad tales.

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Donald Odimba writes for Hair Removal Journal

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