The Reduction Of Hair Permanently – Is It Really Permanent?

Permanent Hair Reduction: One of the important questions about permanent laser hair removal that we get asked every day is: “Just how permanent is reduction of hair with laser? Is it really long-lasting?”

This is a vital question! To comprehend how permanent laser hair removal is you need to have an understanding how hair grows and how laser hair removal works. Let’s investigate these in turn.

How Does Hair Grow?

Hair grows out of structures called follicles underneath the skin. The root grows in the follicle, and the section of the hair that you can see above the skin is called the “shaft” of the hair. Your body hair grows in cycles. At any one point, the hair in certain follicles will be actively growing; other hairs will be resting, and yet others will be going through the shedding process.

How Does Laser Hair Removal Work?

Reduction of hair growth or even permanent removal is now possible for most skin and hair types. Laser hair reduction treatment works by targeting hair follicles under the skin. It is possible for the laser rays to hone in on the hair follicles because of the melanin these cells contain, which makes them darker than the ambient tissues.

However, the result is that the efficacy of laser hair removal therapy is dependent on the difference in color between the hair follicles and the skin. That is to say, it works most effectively if you have very pale skin and very dark hair – where there is a strong difference between the darkness of the hair follicles and the pale color of the ambient skin tissues.

Even in ideal patients, however, the lasers do not do away with all of the hair. Why not? Because the lasers can only target actively growing hairs. As we discussed earlier, only a certain percentage of the body hair in any one part of the body will be currently growing. This is why laser hair removal treatment sessions are normally spaced several weeks apart – so that different follicles will be active at subsequent treatment sessions, and can be effectively dealt with.

To Close

Because of the mechanism by which laser hair removal works, while it may disable a significant proportion of the follicles it will not cause a 100% stoppage in all body hair growth in the treated area. However, an 80% reduction in hair is entirely possible – permanent laser hair removal is the modern solution for unwanted hair growth.

Ingrid Preube