Is There Really A Permanent Hair Removal System?
by Mark Willett

It is considered unhygienic and unattractive especially to women to have unwanted hair exposed especially on areas like underarm. Women would probably love to get rid of this unwanted hair and say goodbye to it for eternity. But, is there a permanent hair removal system?

It is hard to evaluate a permanent hair removal method that claims to last. Most people find out that after a certain amount of time hair will eventually come back. There are bounty of ways, through the use of machines, gadgets and treatments, that promise permanent hair removal. Some advertisement would make it sound that you will never be reunited with those unwanted hair just by getting the right amount of application on their products or regular use of their machines.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved laser hair removal machines with permanent hair reduction since it can get rid of hair for long periods of time, through several treatments. With such method, however, growing back of hair is still likely to happen, although the hair's thickness and the amount of hair are greatly reduced. According to The Mayo Clinic, lasers can reduce hair counts by up to 80 percent.

Permanent Hair Removal Methods

Electrolysis This method uses electrical charge that involves destroying each hair follicle. This process takes a long time to complete, depending on the body part because it destroys every hair follicle. The client needs to have numerous treatments within a period of one to two years. Electrolysis is considered the most effective permanent hair removal system. There are three types of Electrolysis hair removal processes: the Galvanic, which produces an electro-chemical current substance called lye to destroy the dermal papilla; the thermolysis, which is a heat current produced to destroy the dermal papilla; and the blend, which is a combination of the galvanic and the thermolysis.

Flash lamp A flash lamp, also called Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), has also become popular as a tool for permanent hair removal. With this method, a light is emitted from a hand device on to the skin. The light targets melanin in hairs and causing it to heat up. The heat transfers to the hair follicle, causing mechanical and thermal damage. It is an effective permanent hair removal for large areas like the legs and the chest. Using of this method has disadvantages, however. If not done well, it can cause discomfort, skin burns, skin discoloration, patchy re-growth and lesions.

Laser The main principle of laser hair removal is selective photothermolysis (SPTL). Lasers can cause localized damage by selectively heating dark target matter, which is the melanin in the region where hair follicle is. The good thing about the laser method is that it does no heat or can cause burns on the rest of the skin.

The light is absorbed by dark objects, so laser energy can be absorbed by dark material in the skin (but with much more speed and intensity). This dark target matter, or chromophore, can be naturally-occurring or artificially introduced. Laser works best with dark coarse hair. Light skin and dark hair are an ideal combination, but new lasers are now being able to target dark black hair even in people with dark skin.

Having unwanted hair can be a pesky problem. But with these options, you can actually now eliminate unwanted hair easily. Although there is no such thing as "permanent hair removal system", you can always have the option to remove your unwanted hair through these methods whenever your unwanted hair grows back.



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