It’s important to know what steps you need to take to prepare yourself for your laser hair removal treatment. AND what you need to do afterwards to achieve the best results from your treatment.
Pre Treatment Instructions:
Avoid the sun 4-6 weeks before and after treatment, until your therapist allows it.
You MUST avoid bleaching, plucking or waxing the hair for 6 weeks prior to the treatment.
If there is any change in your medical history, please contact your laser technician immediately.
TANNED SKIN CANNOT BE TREATED! If treated, you will have hypopigmentation, (white spots) and this may not clear for 2-3 months or more. Also, the use of tanning cream must be discontinued 2 weeks before your treatment, all tan must be removed before treatment.
Post Treatment Care:
Immediately after the treatment, there may be erythema (redness) and oedema (swelling) of the treatment area, which may last up to 2 hours, or longer. The erythema may last up to 2-3 days. The treated area may feel warm for a few hours after the treatment. Aloe vera gel may be applied to the treated area to reduce any discomfort.
Laser hair removal became very popular over the past few years. There are several benefits that make laser hair removal so appealing. The main benefit is the fact that laser hair removal, in the hands of a good technician with the right equipment, provides long term, permanent hair removal.
Another benefit is that laser hair removal gives you results faster and for a longer period. The laser hair removal procedure is not invasive. Prices for laser hair removal have dropped over the last few years as the technology has improved. For years the gold standard medical laser for effective hair removal was the Alexandrite Long Pulsed Laser. Read the full story
If you’re fed up with unwanted hair on your face of body you’re not alone. Both men and women are beating a path to laser hair removal clinics all over Ireland. According to Dundrum Medical Cosmetic Clinic , laser hair removal is the third most popular cosmetic procedure for men.
Although laser hair removal has been around for more than 10 years now, it can prove quite difficult to find consistent, reliable, unbiased, laser hair removal information.
So let’s look at the facts on laser hair removal, and the main types of this type of hair removal offered in Ireland. Read the full story
Hair Removal has been part of our society for thousands of years. http://LaserHairRemoving.ie explores the different options available to you, from shaving, waxing, depilating and electrolysis to name a few.
Here are some of the most common forms of hair removal:
Epilating A non-electric version would be your tweezers, but the process of removing hair in this manner can not only painful, but it can be time consuming. Electric epilators work by plucking several hairs at once.
Threading A piece of cotton thread is held and looped between the fingers; the loops are used to trap the unwanted hair and then pulled out of the skin.
Depilating A cream, lotion or spray, usually chemical based, is applied to the skin liberally and wiped off after you’ve waited a specified amount of time. Patch testing is essential as depilatories can and do cause allergic reactions. Read the full story
It’s important to know what steps you need to take to prepare yourself for your laser hair removal treatment. AND what you need to do afterwards to achieve the best results from your treatment.
