Laser hair removal - why is it needed and where to go?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Probably, there is not a single girl left who has not heard about this newfangled way of getting rid of excess hair. If earlier the laser hair removal service could be found only in rare private medical centers, now almost every nail salon and economy hairdressing salon boasts of it. Now the time for vacations begins and we tried to figure out how to choose the right salon in order to look the best and at the same time not be left without money for the vacation itself, and also not throw them away trying to save as much as possible.

Why laser hair removal?

A razor is quick and not painful, but you shave every day or every other day.

Wax or shugaring - it hurts and lasts for 1-3 weeks, then for 1-2 weeks you grow your hair, and with it your disgust for yourself.

Moreover, after a while, in addition to hair, you begin to suffer from ingrown hairs that appear!

Only with the use of a modern diode laser can you painlessly and for years to get rid of unnecessary hair, while you do not need to grow them for the procedure.

The secret of a long-lasting result is that the laser does not act on the hair, but through the hair directly on the hair follicle. The microvessel feeding the follicle is blocked by the heat of the laser light, from which it dies for several years. After the procedure, the hair from the follicles treated in this way falls out on the 10-14th day.

Good news for those who are afraid to kill their favorite follicles as a part of themselves: all removed follicles are restored in a period from 1 to 8 years, depending on your hormonal background. This is how long the hair does not grow.

Once the hair stops appearing, you will additionally experience the bonus of incredibly smoother skin that is no longer subject to the regular irritation of waxing or shaving.

What's the catch?

The biggest problem is that visible hair is only 10-20% of the total possible hair. Hair follicles regularly transition from active growth to sleep. The laser acts on the follicle through the hair growing in it and, accordingly, 80-90% of the follicles remain intact during the procedure. They need to be removed by subsequent procedures when a sufficient number of new follicles pass into the active growth phase.

As a rule, the interval between procedures is 3-5 weeks (individually for each of us) and 6-10 such procedures are done until the appearance of new hair completely stops.

What should you pay attention to?

1. License … Laser hair removal is a purely medical procedure and can only be performed by a licensed medical center. Ask if the organization you came to has a license to carry out medical activities.

If there is no license and they say that a license is not needed for our "unique laser", then they do not do laser hair removal, but at best the so-called "photoepilation".

This is a procedure that you can go to endlessly, but you will not get rid of your hair.

2. Staff … The medical center must employ specialists with medical education. Only such a specialist can carry out the laser hair removal procedure. And also the staff must have a dermatologist who can prescribe this procedure.

3. Recommendations … There is no point in coming for a second procedure earlier than 3 weeks later: a small number of hair follicles will enter the active growth phase and this early procedure will be unnecessary. If, under any pretext, you are asked to come in 1 or 2 weeks, then the number of procedures is being wound up here.

4. Cash register receipt … Be sure to take a check - any conscientious organization will give it to you after payment. They are trying to deceive you when instead of it you are offered a sales check (a piece of paper with a seal), such a check without a cash register is invalid and no one is responsible for the procedures performed here.

If you make a choice in favor of a licensed medical center and keep the check, then in addition to the high-quality procedure, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 219 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, you will get the opportunity of a tax deduction and return the amount of the cost of the course of procedures or at least part of it from the taxes withheld from you. …

To get a high-quality procedure and not spend too much, it is best to contact specialized medical centers. For example, to the Moscow medical center EPILAS in the Trubnaya metro area. Here they are exclusively engaged in hardware cosmetology and perform cosmetology procedures at affordable prices using premium German MeDioStar NeXT PRO lasers. It was this medical center that was chosen as the best in terms of price and quality in an independent examination on the minimum-price.ru portal.

Prices in EPILAS ™ will pleasantly surprise not only those who have already done laser hair removal before, but even those who are accustomed to low prices for waxing or sugaring procedures. One procedure for laser hair removal of legs completely costs only 2,500 rubles, and the most popular deep (or total) bikini zone costs 1,500 rubles.

By the way, there is also an online recording right on the site - the process is fully automated and takes no more than 1-2 minutes, eliminating the need for a call, waiting for the operator on the phone and the likelihood of recording errors: wrong zones, wrong day or time.