Facial Hair Removal using Laser
Excessive facial hair can be an embarrassing problem for both women and men. Women with facial hair suffer from feeling less feminine and can be uncomfortable with their appearance. Men may prefer to remove excess hairs from their eyebrows or just prefer to have a smooth facial appearance without shaving. Facial hair removal is most commonly accomplished by plucking, electrolysis, shaving, and waxing. Plucking facial hair sometimes has to be done daily to maintain smooth skin. It can cause discoloration, or infection of the hair follicles. Electrolysis can be expensive, and can also discoloration or infection of the hair follicles. Electrolysis can be handy for the straggler hairs at the end of the full laser treatment cycle, however. Shaving can leave women and men with a five-o-clock shadow. Depilatories can be irritating. Finally waxing can cause redness, and irritation. Excess facial hair can be caused by genes (most commonly), hormones or age. Women with hormonal imbalances, or other conditions such as polycystic ovarian disease should have their hormones balanced under the supervision of a medical doctor before undergoing laser hair removal for facial hair. Many women get more facial hair as they age. Likewise, many men get excess hair on their ears as they get older. Unfortunately, most facial hair removal methods such as shaving, waxing, or electrolysis require outgrowth before removing the unwanted hair. No one wants to have to walk around with facial hair that they find embarrassing inbetween hair removal appointments. With laser hair removal you can come in shaved clean, but remember not to use any other methods for about a month before your laser hair removal appointment. Facial hair removal by laser requires very little time. Upper lip takes about 5 minutes. A full face takes about 15 minutes. Sessions are repeated approximately once a month and patients typically need 4-6 sessions. As people age they may want to remove new facial hairs by laser. Laser hair removal offers men and women a relatively pain free, low time commitment option to remedy unwanted facial hair.
