Laser Hair Removal Treatment Effectiveness

The effectiveness of laser hair removal treatment is dependent on your personal traits, the skill of the practitioner doing the treatment and other important factors.

The goal of laser hair removal treatment is to hit the hair with as much of the prescribed laser energy as possible and for the skin to absorb as little of the energy as possible.

Dark hair absorbs more laser energy than light hair so dark hair is easier to treat.

Light skin absorbs less laser energy than dark skin so light skin is easier to treat.

Laser hair removal tend to be most effective when:

• you have lighter colored skin and darker colored hair. Even tanned skin (including the use of self tanning products) reduces the effectiveness of lasers.
• the hair being treated is in the growth phase.
• the area being treated is free of creams, ointments, cosmetics, etc.
• the hair being treated is short since the energy doesn't have to travel as far down the hair to the root.