No options, but the best!

Only reliable material! This is the second main point concerning laser hair removal: the laser must be able to deliver enough power to destroy the bulbs irreversibly.

Class IV laser

Only a class IV laser can meet all efficiency demands. When it is meant to be used on human bodies, this very expensive laser can only be sold to physicians and used under strict medical supervision. Indeed, it can induce very severe lesions if not handled correctly.

Medical know-how consists in providing enough energy to destroy the hair efficiently without burning or damaging the surrounding tissues. This difficulty can explain the sometimes unconvincing results and the disappointment of patients treated in beauty institutes equipped with inappropriate "lasers" (and most of the time very expensive).

Flash lamps (pulsed light)

We strongly recommend you not to rely on devices such as flash lamps or other devices using pulsed light. These gimmicks - which are not lasers, but only strong lamps - are subject to unrestrained advertising. Because of a law breach which does not regulate their use, anybody can buy these devices, which are sold at very high prices despite low manufacturing costs (they are only composed of spare parts of the laser).

Many inconveniences have been reported: limited ergonomic adjustments, insufficient efficient power at the desired wavelength (which means many sessions are required to obtain any result), very low subcutaneous penetration (deep hair are not much affected), no reliable cooling system (severe burns and permanent depigmentation, etc.). In short, such devices should not be used by professionals.

Be sure to be treated by a qualified practitioner .

Pour ce qui concerne le laser, vous l’aurez compris, c’est non seulement une mesure de sécurité pour vous mais aussi tout simplement le minimum requis pour être traité avec un appareillage capable de traquer le bulbe en profondeur et détruire la matrice germinative … qui n’a aucune tendance à capituler facilement !

You have probably already understood that relying on laser is not only a safety measure but also the minimum required to be treated by a device able to find the bulb deep under the skin and to destroy the germinal matrix.which does not give up easily!

However, although the choice of the device is essential to treat the hair and its root, laser hair removal also depends much on the practitioner: the best device in the world will not give satisfying results unless it is handled by a qualified practitioner. Experience is very important in the choice of shooting parameters, that is how to obtain maximum damage on the target without injuring the skin or being too painful.

This know-how notion introduces a quite enthralling artistic dimension: the physician must take into account the phototype, the pigmentation and the diameter of the hair, the hair density, the properties intrinsic to the area to be treated, the speed of regrowth, the pulse time, the fluence, the shooting rate, the skin cooling power, etc.

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