I went in to the Galleria area Sōna MedSpa for a quick 15-minute procedure. It was my second time to have laser hair removal on my facial areas. The desire to remove hair has lead many women to waxing, tweezers, and well, shaving with razors.
The procedure, gets rid of the hair with laser treatments that targets the hair follicle and disables it with a simple zap of laser light.
Treatments are done in timed intervals to catch the growth pattern of hair for a permanent result.
Get Ready-
1. Avoid Retine-A products for at least 2 weeks before you go in for most laser procedures so keep that in mind when you schedule.
2. Tell them if you are on medications when you schedule to determine your timing eligibility.
3. Stay out of the sun and away from tanning beds for two weeks before your treatments. Even spray and lotion tanning are off limits. The laser light looks for melanin in your skin and tanning increases the amount of melanin in your skin.
4. Shave the area before you go in or you can do it there.
The Nurse-
1. Like a photographer, they will use a small light meter instrument called a "chromotester" to read the color tone of your skin to calibrate the settings for your procedure and to make sure that the melanin in your skin meet the requirments for a safe laser treatment.
2. Applies a clear, cool gel used for ultra sounds to allow the instrument to flow smoothly across your skin during the procedure.
3. Provides goggles for both of you.
4. Apply a hose of cold air and the laser to the desired area. The cold air is worse then the laser-so how bad is that? She will also use a pop-cycle stick or tongue depressor to cover your nose so cold air doesn’t spray you.
Takes about 5 minutes and you are done. You wipe off the jell and walk out the door with the list of after care instructions.
Are you ready? Don’t shave for a couple days. NO problem! Actually, it is common sense stuff like don’t exfoliate for a few days, etc.
So what is my point, my 51-year-old point about age does matter? Well, as we mature our hair often loses some of its "depth" (we go grey...). So, the laser is looking for melanin (which gives your hair color) and if your hair has lightened in color, the laser will not be effective on that hair follicle and you’re stuck with it.
What to Do? Go do this while you are young and avoid all the waxing, shaving, and tweezing and such. Wait and you will always deal with some of those pesky light-in-color and course-in-texture hairs.
These defining signs of time are not in themselves enough to take you down, but whiskers are for men and cats. I surrender.
See a video on laser hair removal at this link: Laser Hair Removal
The procedure, gets rid of the hair with laser treatments that targets the hair follicle and disables it with a simple zap of laser light.
Treatments are done in timed intervals to catch the growth pattern of hair for a permanent result.
Get Ready-
1. Avoid Retine-A products for at least 2 weeks before you go in for most laser procedures so keep that in mind when you schedule.
2. Tell them if you are on medications when you schedule to determine your timing eligibility.
3. Stay out of the sun and away from tanning beds for two weeks before your treatments. Even spray and lotion tanning are off limits. The laser light looks for melanin in your skin and tanning increases the amount of melanin in your skin.
4. Shave the area before you go in or you can do it there.
The Nurse-
1. Like a photographer, they will use a small light meter instrument called a "chromotester" to read the color tone of your skin to calibrate the settings for your procedure and to make sure that the melanin in your skin meet the requirments for a safe laser treatment.
2. Applies a clear, cool gel used for ultra sounds to allow the instrument to flow smoothly across your skin during the procedure.
3. Provides goggles for both of you.
4. Apply a hose of cold air and the laser to the desired area. The cold air is worse then the laser-so how bad is that? She will also use a pop-cycle stick or tongue depressor to cover your nose so cold air doesn’t spray you.
Takes about 5 minutes and you are done. You wipe off the jell and walk out the door with the list of after care instructions.
Are you ready? Don’t shave for a couple days. NO problem! Actually, it is common sense stuff like don’t exfoliate for a few days, etc.
So what is my point, my 51-year-old point about age does matter? Well, as we mature our hair often loses some of its "depth" (we go grey...). So, the laser is looking for melanin (which gives your hair color) and if your hair has lightened in color, the laser will not be effective on that hair follicle and you’re stuck with it.
What to Do? Go do this while you are young and avoid all the waxing, shaving, and tweezing and such. Wait and you will always deal with some of those pesky light-in-color and course-in-texture hairs.
These defining signs of time are not in themselves enough to take you down, but whiskers are for men and cats. I surrender.
See a video on laser hair removal at this link: Laser Hair Removal
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