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How It Works

Our Lasers work by destroying the blood supply to your hair follicles and/or the melanin in the hair follicle. The blood supply will be destroyed. When this blood flow is gone, the hair follicle and its active parts will shrivel and die. There are several phases in the follicle growth cycle: early growth, active growth, regression and resting. A hair follicle in the active growth phase contains engorged blood flow and will be affected on your treatment day (however, this theory is also considered controversial nowadays, based on expert opinions and observational evidence). A resting follicle has less blood supply and will not be as affected by treatment. The energy delivered by the laser will generate enough heat to destroy your affected hair follicles.

That is why you need several treatments, every 5-7 weeks apart from each other, in order to treat all of the hair growth cycles of the hair follicles, totalling eight sessions. At the 2007 Society for Lasers In Medicine and Surgery meeting , new data presented suggested that on average at least 7 sessions are typically needed.  We’ve known this for the past few years as we have always done 8 sessions.

Our laser technology has many safety features. Its depth of penetration goes to the very deepest follicle and people of all skin colors can be safely treated. Most lasers in the market, with a shorter wave length, target only melanin, a pigment that we have in our hair follicle. That results in heat absorbed into the skin, often not deep enough to effectively destroy a hair follicle, and such lasers have a higher incidence of skin reactions and damage. With our laser technology, we can select the appropriate Laser for your skin type, regardless of tanning status, which affords additional safety and minimizes the likelihood of side-effects.

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Please call (401) 521-0303 or e-mail concierge@skinsationallasercenter.com for a free consultation appointment.