Laser Hair Removal

Unwanted body hair has distressed both men and women for centuries. Common methods of hair removal include shaving, waxing, tweezing, clipping and chemical depilatories. These methods have proven variable in their effectiveness, some messy and painful and all only temporary.

For long-term hair removal, electrolysis has been popular, but it can be a long process. Hair by hair, an electric current passes through a needle to destroy the hair root's ability to grow.

People have longed for a faster, easier way to permanently remove unwanted hair. With our understanding of laser and skin interactions, along with advances in laser technology, successful laser-assisted hair removal has emerged. Unlike electrolysis, which kills one hair follicle at a time, the laser reaches and treats hundreds of hair follicles with each pulse.  Each of our LCI lasers are state-of-the-art systems specifically designed to remove your unwanted hair gently, quickly and reliably.

Fitzpatrick's Classification of skin Types I-VI

Skin Type Skin Colour Description I white/pale extremely fair skin, always burns, never tans II white/pale with beige tint fair skin, usually burns, sometimes tans III white/dark white white-olive skin, sometimes burns, mostly tans IV light brown/olive light brown, rarely burns, always tans V medium brown medium brown, moderately pigmented, never burns VI dark Brown black black skin never burns

Anatomy of a Hair

Hair’s active growth phase is called anagen.  During anagen, the hair contains an abundance of melanin (pigment).  Catagen is the regression phase when the lower part of the hair stops growing but is not shed and the follicle is reabsorbed.

The resting phase is called telogen, during which the old hair falls out in preparation for the development of new hair.