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All you wanted to know about Laser hair removal

September 27, 2009
Posted in Laser Hair Removal — Written by Nicholas

With the help of new technologies, painful and tedious hair removal methods like electrolysis or shaving can be done away with. Laser hair removal is one such new and advanced method of hair removal.

Laser surgery involves highly complex and delicate methods. Laser hair removal in London is available but is best procured from an approved source. One of the best and the most effective ways of performing laser hair removal in London is to get it done by a trained operator under the guidance of a reputable doctor.

The primary principle that governs the permanent hair removal treatment is called selective photothermolysis. As lasers are able to cause localised damage by heating up a very small amount of space, they can easily be used to selectively target the matter called melanin in the area responsible for hair growth. The energy transmitted by a laser will be absorbed by the dark areas of the skin a lot more efficiently. This dark area, or chromophore as it is medically called, can easily be a natural occurrence or be artificially introduced.

Both men and women have been known to seek laser hair removal in London. This process can help to eradicate hair from places like hips, lips, ear lobe, shoulders, abdomen, underarm, chin, buttocks, bikini lines, pubic area, neck, chest, legs, arms and toes.

Laser hair removal is also quite effective in treating any ingrown hair or shaving bumps.

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