The Reduction Of Hair Permanently – Is It Really Permanent?

Permanent Hair Reduction: Permanent laser hair reduction – is it really permanent? How long can the results last?

This is a good question! To comprehend how permanent laser hair removal is you need to understand how hair grows and how laser hair removal works. Let's look at these in turn.

How Does Hair Grow?

Hair grows out of structures known as follicles under the skin. The root grows in the follicle, and the section of the hair that shows above the skin is known as the "shaft" of the hair. Your body hair grows cyclically. At any one time, the hair in a number of the follicles will be actively growing; other hairs will be dormant, and yet others will be going through the shedding process.

Laser Hair Removal Mechanism

Reduction of undesirable body hair or even permanent removal is now possible for most skin and hair types. Laser hair reduction therapy works by targeting hair roots under the skin. It is possible for the laser rays to hone in on the hair roots because of the coloring these cells contain, which makes them darker than the surrounding tissues.

However, the result is that the effectiveness of laser hair removal treatment is impacted by the contrast in color between the hair roots and the skin. In other words, it works best if you have very light skin and very dark hair – where there is a strong contrast between the darkness of the hair roots and the light color of the surrounding skin tissues.

Even in ideal patients, however, the laser rays do not kill off all of the hair. Why is this? Because the laser rays can only hone in on actively growing hairs. As we discussed earlier, only a certain proportion of the body hair in any one body area will be actively growing. This is why laser hair removal sessions are typically spaced 4 – 6 weeks apart – so that different follicles will be active at the next session, and can be effectively "zapped".

To Close

Normally, permanent laser hair removal can give you a permanent solution by "killing" a significant majority of the follicles or roots under the skin. The therapy will not give a 100% removal of body hair but will provide relief by stopping a large proportion of the growth; the rest of the regrowth should be visibly paler, thinner and weaker.

Permanent laser hair removal is the modern solution for undesirable hair growth.

Ingrid Preube