Laser hair removal in Slavuta

Most clients describe it as a light tingling. Cooling switches on automatically with each laser pulse. Everyone's pain threshold is different, so if you're sensitive to pain, your skin can be numbed with a cream or spray before the session.

The laser acts on the hair follicle, while sugaring and waxing remove hair mechanically and leave the follicles untouched. That's why their results are temporary and the procedure has to be repeated every few weeks. Electrolysis is quite painful and takes a lot of time, because each hair is treated separately.

You put on protective glasses, and the cosmetic doctor moves the handpiece of the D-Las 100 mix diode laser over the area. The laser works in pulses, and cooling switches on automatically with each one. Spatulas and gel are single-use, the handpiece is wrapped in protective film, and the doctor sets the laser parameters in advance, at the consultation.

It depends on the area. The upper lip takes about 10 minutes, the bikini area up to 20 minutes. Before your first session you need a consultation: the cosmetic doctor checks your skin and hair, looks for contraindications and sets the laser parameters.

A course usually takes several sessions, up to 10, over 6–12 months. The laser only works on hair in the active growth phase: the first session removes 15–30% of the growing hair in the area, and treated hair falls out gradually over 14–20 days. How many sessions you need depends on your hair structure and color, which the doctor assesses at the consultation.

Sessions are 3 weeks to 2 months apart, and the gap gets longer each time because there's less hair after every session. It's best not to interrupt the course, so you keep the result. The full course takes 6–12 months.

After a full course, the effect lasts 3–10 years, depending on your skin. After that, you can repeat the course. To keep the result, don't interrupt the course and stick to the intervals between sessions.

For 2 weeks before, avoid tanning, including tanning beds, and don't wax, sugar, tweeze or use an epilator; shaving is fine. There should also be 2 weeks between your last dose of antibiotics and the session. For 3 days before, don't apply products with alcohol or oil to the area. Shave on the day or no earlier than 12 hours before. Come with clean skin, no deodorant or makeup.

For the first 3–5 days, use the skin-recovery products your doctor recommends. For 3 days, avoid hot baths and showers, saunas, pools and massage, as well as products with alcohol or abrasive particles, and for 2 days, don't rub the skin with a washcloth. For up to 2 weeks, avoid tanning, and apply sunscreen with SPF 35 or higher when you go outside.

It isn't done for people with cancer, decompensated diabetes or an individual intolerance to the procedure, or on blonde or gray hair. It has to be postponed, or done only after a doctor's consultation, in case of pregnancy, skin conditions, a fresh tan (under 2 weeks), multiple moles in the treatment area, varicose veins, a tendency to keloid scars, a cold, flu or other respiratory infection, an allergy flare-up, or burns, abrasions or scratches on the skin.