Others may be more interested in your money and
be hesitant to offer a refund in the event you are not satisfied.
The answer is to proceed with caution. Do not hand
over your money until you are fully convinced you are dealing with
a professional establishment with fully trained and qualified personnel.
Even then, many opt for a test or series of tests
first to see how their skin reacts before committing to a full package
of treatments. (When going for a test, preferrably choose a part
of your body that is not so visible, e.g. avoid the face).
With that in mind, consider this information to
help you decide on the best laser hair removal to investigate:
Coolglide Technology - The Best Laser Hair Removal?
With CoolGlide's unique design, there is now the
flexibility to treat all skin types for body
laser hair removal. Before CoolGlide,
tanned patients and persons with darker skin could not expect good
results from laser treatment.
A CoolGlide device has a longer wavelength which
allows it to treat all skin tones.
While patients with fair skin still respond the
best, medical studies indicated that patients with tanned or dark
skin can now achieve hair reduction equal to fair skinned patients
without undesireable side effects.
Ask about Coolglide technology when you get quotes
from clinics in your area.
Other Laser Hair Removal Devices
To obtain the best laser hair removal results from
other equipment, an absolute requirement is that the hair must be
darker than the surrounding skin.
White skin with dark hair responds best. Persons
with dark, coarse hair are the easiest to treat as dark hair contains
melanin, a dark pigment which attracts the laser light so more laser
energy is absorbed. Fewer sessions are needed.
Light colored hair is more difficult to treat and
blonde and red hair are very difficult to treat requiring multiple
sessions with varied results.
Anyone on a diet high in beta-carotene will need
to change eating habits if they want best results.
Beta-carotene, found in vitamin A, carrots, squash
and other vegetables produces a yellow or orange color in the skin
which absorbs the laser energy and interferes with it reaching the
hair follicle.
As beta-carotene can remain in the body for months,
an adjustment in diet may be needed well in advance for optimum
results.
Persons with light skin are the easiest to treat,
requiring less sessions as the results are faster.
Persons with dark skin or sun tanned skin take longer
to get results because melanin, the dark pigment in hair, is also
present in skin. Melanin absorbs some of the laser light.
There is the danger of dark skin being burned in
these instances so a laser beam with a lower energy level is used.
For this reason also a higher level of expertise is required on
the part of the clinic.
