Because of the speed at which it can be done and the fact that the results can last for a very long time, laser hair removal has become one of the most popular ways for people from Calgary to condominiums in Toronto to remove unwanted hair from their bodies. Before you check into your local laser clinic to have the procedure done, though, you might want to know a bit about how this type of hair removal works.
In order to understand laser hair treatment, you need to understand what a laser is. No matter if they're part of a metal slitter or used for beauty procedures, lasers are instruments that produce light; the light itself is called a laser beam (many people get the machine confused with the beam).
The laser itself is able to focus the beam very narrowly when it comes to hair removal, so that only a tiny part of the skin area is exposed to the beam. In fact, laser hair removal targets the follicle area of the hair. This is the place on the skin where the hair has its root.
Laser treatments stunt the growth of, or even destroy altogether, the root of the hair at the follicle level. They use this by incorporating the fact that dark colour attracts heat; the laser causes damage to the follicle as it is attracted to the melanin (shading) of the skin tone at the follicle.
In many cases, the colouring of the melanin at the follicle level will be natural as the most commonly removed hair tends to be dark and course. However, in some patients artificial compounds can be added which darken the melanin and increase the chances of successful laser hair removal.
In short, hair removal by laser means that one is using the heat emitted by the beam of light from the laser to cauterize the hair follicles in the targeted area. Hair is, in effect, burned off.
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