In the real world, prices will only soar and are unlikely to do down, but the opposite is true for laser hair removal. Fifteen years ago, you will be paying double of what you pay today to have unwanted removed using laser. Fierce competition has been driving the price down and this has greatly benefited some 6 million consumers ever since.

The FDA has approved this treatment to be safe enough to be used on any part of the body including the face and private parts as long as not near the eyes.There are no known side effects with laser hair removal. Most patients will experience redness and some tingling sensation that will gradually dissipate. To avoid post treatment irritation, you will be provided with topical cream to use as and when necessary.

Before laser hair removal was largely used, electrolysis is used as a permanent solution to rid unwanted hair using low level of electricity. In this process, small probes have to be inserted to each hair follicles to kill them. Since this is a labor-intensive procedure, only a small area can be targeted at one time. On the other hand, in laser hair removal larger areas such as the back can be treated at the same time.

With electrolysis, your skin is hair free but you’ll also experience bumps and skin inflammation afterwards. So far, no other hair removal service can match the result produced using laser. Patients can expect up to 100% reduction in hair and the dead follicles will not likely to produce new hair growth in the future, making laser hair removal the permanent solution to rid unwanted hair.

It only take less than 10 minutes to treat both armpits or about 60 minutes to treat both legs with laser hair removal. This is why it’s been dubbed the ‘lunch time’ treatment.

No one can tell if you’ve had laser hair removal. That’s because you can resume working rightaway, experience no pain, require no bandage and there’s no recovery time frame. This quick treament can be done in the physician office or spa under the supervision of a qualified therapist.

The people who went through electrolysis will tell you that it is painful. Laser hair removal on the other hand, are mostly absorbed by the hair melanin which then convert the light to heat and self destruct. That is to say, the amount of heat endured by the surrounding skin is minimal. You will feel some heat and pinching sensation but it will be reduced by the cool tip of the laser.