Chicago Laser Hair Removal Background, Information on Laser Hair Removal
Chicago laser hair removal was practiced for 20 years and refined before being made available to the public. The Chicago laser hair removal process involves a laser pulsing over the area of skin that is being treated. It leaves behind smooth skin without the need for shaving, waxing, tweezing, or plucking.
Chicago laser hair removal takes advantage of the hair growth cycle. The first hair growth phase is called the active phase, anagen. The second is the dormant phase catagen, and the last is the fall-out or shedding phase, telogen. Chicago laser hair removal works best within the anagen phase because this is the phase in which hair growth occurs.
During Chicago laser hair removal, the pigment in the hair follicles absorbs the laser light, converting it to heat. This damages the follicle, ruining its ability to regrow hair. Every hair follicle in a given area of skin needs to be treated by Chicago laser hair removal for best results.
The best candidates for Chicago laser hair removal are those with dark hair and light skin. Typically, dark pigments in dark skin cannot absorb the laser light and convert it to heat. However, lasers with longer pulses have been found to work on dark skin. Light-colored hair tends to be unresponsive to the treatment since it lacks the melanin lasers target. Certain topical medications seem to make light-colored hair work with Chicago laser hair removal though.
Chicago laser hair removal is a relatively fast and painless procedure, especially when compared with another possible Chicago permanent hair removal treatment called electrolysis.
Electrolysis has actually been practiced for 125 years. It involves inserting needles into hair follicles and then following that with an electric spark. This causes the formation of caustic lye on the follicles or overheats them or a combination of the two. This damages the hair follicles enough that they lose the ability to regrow hair.
The process makes electrolysis an excruciatingly painful and lengthy process, given it can only remove one hair at a time. In fact, Chicago back hair removal done by electrolysis can take up to 125 hours.
In comparison, Chicago laser back hair removal takes up to an hour. Chicago laser facial hair removal and laser bikini removal both take up to ten minutes each while the same process dragged out by electrolysis could take hours or even days. While Chicago laser hair removal does require multiple treatment sessions, it significantly cuts down on the length of the treatment.
Chicago laser hair removal is also relatively painless, except for a mild discomfort some patients feel with each laser pulse. It has been described as feeling like warm pinpricks or a rubber band snapping against the skin. It lasts only a few seconds and its effects are minimized by the Dynamic Cooling Device technology used in conjunction with the laser. The DCD technology blasts a spray of coolness after every laser pulse to ensure the patient never feels anything above this mild discomfort.
On occasion, the patient will use a topical anesthetic before treatment, though this depends on their health and the condition of their skin. After treatment, the patient may experience redness and swelling, but there are very few other side effects. Permanent side effects of Chicago laser hair removal are even more rare.