Hair Removal

Intense Pulsed Light (IPL™) uses non-coherent light in a low energy manner to successfully remove unwanted hair. The IPL wavelengths range from 550nm to 1200nm, and are limited by a filter that selectively blocks and defines the lowest wavelength. The longer wavelengths are more effective in removing unwanted hair.

Hair forms in a structure below the skin surface called a hair follicle. What we see as hair is actually the hair shaft, which is the keratinized, hardened tissue that grows from this follicle.

Everyone’s hair grows differently, depending on age, weight, metabolism, hormones, ethnicity, medications, and other factors. All hair goes through three distinct growth phases, but the amount of…Read More >>

 

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