Arizona Permanent Body Hair Removal

When looking into permanent body hair removal, the choices typically fall to either electrolysis or laser hair removal. Electrolysis essentially treats each unwanted hair one at a time. It inserts a needle into the hair follicle and then charges it with a jolt of electricity. The hair then withers and dies, never to return. Electrolysis is extremely effective, but it can also be uncomfortable, and because it treats hair individually, it works best on limited areas such as the upper lip or bikini line rather than broader parts of the body.

Laser hair removal is less painful and it can treat body hair on a broader scale more efficiently than electrolysis. On the downside, it is not as permanent. Results tend to thin hair dramatically--60 to 80 percent in most cases--and prevent re-growth for several years, but permanent loss of unwanted hair is not as common. It works best with dark body hair against light skin. The laser's wavelength is calibrated to match the pigmentation of the unwanted hair. It then fires a burst of light at the follicle where the hair grows, which severely retards further growth of the hair and prevents it from coming back.

Permanent Body Hair Removal Is Available in North Scottsdale

Several sessions are usually required. Body hair grows in cycles, and the removal of unwanted patches needs to be spaced out so that the laser can treat new hair coming in. Unwanted hair sheds gradually over the course of a week or two. NuU Medspa, with branches in North Scottsdale and elsewhere in Arizona, has specifics on what to expect from laser hair removal.