Hair Removal Clinic

I went to a hair removal clinic for a hair removal procedure that I decided to undergo.

Actually, the clinic that I chose for my IPL (light-based hair removal) treatments was run by a doctor, a plastic surgeon in fact.

He had one IPL machine that offered hair removal and I met with the practitioner who ran the machine, a registered nurse who also worked at the local hospital.

I had no contact with the doctor himself. His main line of business was plastic surgery and his IPL hair removal was simply part of the clinic's offerings.

Unfortunately, the doctor died about one year after I started treatment and the office was taken over by another surgeon and again, I had no contact with him either.

In my case, the doctor who was on site in the clinic appeared to have no direct contact with people like myself who utilized his IPL service.

The one thing that made me comfortable about using this clinic was that it was a well-known clinic and the doctor was well-regarded throughout the city. The office itself was located in a large, clean medical office and looked professional.

They made no false claims that I recall and did not promise "permanent hair removal."

The nurse who operated the IPL machine did tell me in our initial meeting that the treatment would most likely result in a reduction of hair but that given the way hair grows (ie. it grows in cycles and is influenced by hormonal changes), 100% "permanent hair removal" was not a likely outcome.

She also told me in advance that I'd most likely have to visit numerous times to get optimum results.

She was right.