Chicago Permanent Hair Removal Facts, Unwanted Hair Removal
Two main Chicago permanent hair removal options exist in the forms of electrolysis and Chicago laser hair removal. Electrolysis involves metal probes, often needles, being inserted into hair follicles. Short blasts of electricity follow, forming either caustic lye or overheating the hair follicles, damaging them to the extent that they cannot regrow hair. This makes electrolysis not only a painful process, but since it can only remove one hair at a time, a lengthy one.
Chicago permanent laser hair removal involves a laser sweeping across an area of skin that has already been shaved. The hair follicle absorbs the laser light. Then the light is converted to heat, which damages the hair follicle, rendering it unable to regrow hair. Compared to electrolysis, Chicago laser hair removal is quicker and relatively painless.
To make a proper comparison, Chicago permanent back hair removal done via electrolysis can take up to 125 hours. Chicago permanent back hair removal achieved by Chicago laser removal can take up to one hour, though multiple treatment sessions will be required. Chicago permanent laser hair removal patients have described a mild discomfort during the treatment as being like a rubber band being snapped against the skin with each laser pulse.
This mild discomfort goes away within a few seconds and its effects are minimized by the Dynamic Cooling Device, which delivers a blast of coolness after every laser pulse. Some Chicago Permanent laser hair removal candidates will receive a topical anesthetic before treatment, though that depends on the condition of their skin and the treatment they are receiving.
People with light skin and dark hair are the ideal candidates for Chicago permanent laser hair removal. This is because the darker pigments surrounding the skin the laser glides over cannot absorb the light. However, lasers with longer pulses have been developed, making Chicago permanent laser hair removal an option for darker skinned individuals.
Light-colored hair, as well as short and non-pigmented hairs, do not respond to the Chicago permanent laser hair removal treatment. Thick, long hairs that are usually pigmented with melanin are called terminal hairs. This includes hair on the scalp, underarms, genitals, eyebrows, and sometimes on the chest, back, legs, and arms. Short, non-pigmented hairs are called vellus hairs and found on the face and other body parts not already listed. The lasers used in Chicago permanent laser hair removal target terminal hairs with melanin.
However, topical medications used in conjunction with Chicago permanent laser hair removal have met with some success on lighter-colored hair.
When the lasers target melanin, they are targeting it in the hair follicle’s bulge and papilla region. The bulge is important to the cycling and regeneration of hair and the papilla helps provide oxygen and nutrients to other areas of the follicle. For the hair follicle to be damaged enough to prevent future hair growth, these regions must be disabled by the laser.
After Chicago laser removal and electrolysis, many patients will need follow-up treatments. Chicago laser removal patients might even eventually need electrolysis as a follow-up treatment due to their hair becoming too fine to laser target.