Skinspirations Provides Safe, Long-Term Hair Reduction in Skin of Any Color
Skinspirations has two different laser technologies to reduce unwanted dark hair in skin of any color permanently.
Our Cutera XEO® laser platform has both a long pulsed 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser, that can be safely used to reduce hair in even the darkest skin, as well as the ProWave 770™ laser that targets even fine dark hairs on light skin. Clinical studies have shown more than 80% hair reduction persisting at least six months after only three treatments.
You can be confident that you’ll receive safe laser hair reduction treatments at Skinspirations. Dr. Elliott has trained other physicians in the U.S. as well as the Caribbean in the use of aesthetic laser and personally reviews treatment techniques with all of our laser providers.
As the cool tip of the laser is moved over the skin, pulses of light are delivered to the underlying hair follicles. There’s a mild, stinging sensation with each pulse but most people find it very tolerable. Some areas of the body are more sensitive than others but no local anesthesia or pain medicine is typically required except for the bikini area, inside the nose and over the upper lip. As a courtesy to our patients, we provide complimentary cream anesthetic for patients to apply an hour before arrival when treating those areas.
Not all hairs are actively growing at any one time and hair follicles have three distinct phases: growth, regression, and resting. Laser and IPL hair reduction treatments work by disabling the hair that is principally in the active growth phase when treated. Since hairs will enter this active growth phase at different times, treatments are repeated every 4 to 8 weeks to catch hair entering this phase.
In most cases, permanent hair reduction can be achieved with about seven treatment sessions. Most people will notice that new hair grows slower, finer, and softer after the first or second treatment. Course hair, as found in the beard, underarms, and bikini areas, gets the fastest results while fine hair may require more sessions. The number of treatments required depends on multiple factors including individual hair thickness, the concentration of dark pigment in the hair, hormone levels, and your hair’s growth cycle.
Am I a Good Candidate for Laser or IPL Hair Reduction Treatments?
Both laser and IPL hair reduction treatments are only effective on dark hair. For white, blonde or gray hair, electrolysis is needed for hair reduction. Patients with excessive hair growth due to hormonal problems, such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or excessive androgen hormones, will not respond significantly to any laser hair removal treatments until the hormone problem has been treated. New hair follicles may develop with aging or changing hormone levels.
How do I Prepare for a Laser Hair Reduction Treatment?
It is important that you don’t pluck or wax the hair to be treated for at least two weeks before your treatments so that the hairs are present in the follicles. However, you should shave the area to be treated the day before or on the day of your treatment so that the hair isn’t protruding from the skin, where it can burn. Even though the Cutera XEO® is safe for hair removal on dark skin, limiting sun exposure and self-tanning products before treatments will increase the speed of hair reduction.
Call (727) 571-1923 to set up a time for a treatment or a complimentary consultation.