How Hair Removal by Laser Works
In general, laser hair removal works by sending a beam of laser light to a group of hair follicles with enough power to disable or destroy the root, but not enough power to harm the surrounding skin. It is selective because it targets only the hair and not the skin. Photo means light and thermolysis means destroying with heat. The surrounding skin is usually cooled.
Here at The Laser Center of Brewster, we have an automatic cooling system that is part of our laser machine. The skin is actually cooled before the laser treatment is administered. This makes a much more comfortable experience.
The laser beam finds the hair follicles by targeting the substance that gives skin and hair color...melanin. The laser treatment is a high tech/modern method of destroying massive amounts of hair follicles with a simple trigger pull.
The laser most effectively disables hair that is in the active growth phase, the anagen phase. Because all the hair in a treated area may not be in the anagen phase, more than one treatment may be necessary to remove the hair that subsequently enters the growth phase.
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