When starting a cycle of permanent hair removal sessions, you are probably wondering what the ideal hair length is for laser treatments.
Laser hair removal treatments are most effective when the hairs are short, emerging just a few millimetres from the skin, and the only permitted hair removal tool is a razor.
For these treatments, the hair should be just a few millimetres long. If the hair is too long, the energy emitted by the machine may be dissipated, losing its effectiveness.
The ideal length can be achieved by shaving the area to be treated three days before the session.
When are the treatments most effective?
Permanent hair removal treatments are effective when they follow the life cycle of the hair, targeting the anagen phase (or growth phase).
Additionally, the technology used should be high-performance.
The technologies on the market are very diverse.
They include:
- diode lasers: work by directly striking the hair, thinning it and bringing it to a resting state. They use a monochromatic light, and therefore requires a strong contrast between the hair and skin colour. They are capable of eliminating over 80% of the hair.
- intense pulsed light: characterised by the emission of inconsistent waves (rather than selective, like the laser), filtered only by a red filter. Pulsed light is a polychromatic light and therefore able to treat very different and varied phototypes, and also different hair types. This technology does not work at a constant and precise temperature, and results therefore cannot be guaranteed.
Conclusion
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