Permanent Hair Removal with Laser

Removing hair with laser

Are you tired of shaving, plucking, and waxing unwanted hair? Why not remove hair permanently once and for all with the best laser on the market? Our mantra is that we should always have the absolute best medical lasers on the market.

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To ensure that we can offer our customers the very best treatment, we now have a total of nine different lasers for permanent hair removal, with wavelengths including diode laser, alexandrite, and Nd:YAG 1064.

With Norway's largest and newest laser park for permanent laser hair removal, you can be sure that you will receive the very best treatment with us.

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Visit our laser clinics in Bergen and ask our practitioners for advice on unwanted hair growth and laser hair removal.

How does permanent laser hair removal work?

The lasers produce a painless laser beam with a specific wavelength that targets the pigment in the hair. The laser beam is fired several times per second at the skin, and each shot is enough to heat up and destroy the pigment in a large number of hair follicles.

When the hair follicle is heated by the laser beam, its ability to produce hair is destroyed without damaging the surrounding skin. Unlike IPL machines, which often only damage the hair follicles, a laser will destroy the hair follicle permanently, so that the hair follicles will never be able to produce hair again.

An important part of the treatment is the cooling handpiece, which cools the skin and makes it possible to treat even the most sensitive skin. The handpiece both protects and cools the top layer of skin during and after each laser pulse, while emitting the correct laser energy to the hair root.

The procedure for removing unwanted hair

Based on your hair problem, we will evaluate which laser and wavelength will be best for you.

• The treatment begins with the hair being cut down, or you shaving the hair yourself to a length of approximately 1 mm.
• A cold gel is applied to the area to be treated and you are given glasses to protect your eyes from the laser light.
• You may feel a slight warmth and stinging sensation with each laser light.
• When the gel is wiped off, some hair will disappear, and the remaining hair will fall out within 2-3 weeks.

It is important that your skin is not tanned, or has been exposed to sunbathing during the 4 weeks before and after treatment.

The combination of contact cooling and other important parameters makes it possible to perform safe and effective treatment for all skin types. Lasers remove colored hair best; white, gray, and red hair cannot be treated.

Results of laser hair removal

How the treated area will look immediately after treatment varies from person to person, depending on the extent of hair growth and skin type. You may experience minor redness or swelling in the treated area.

These are positive clinical results that show that the hair follicle has responded positively to the treatment. Side effects are rare, and if they do occur, they are minor and usually temporary.

Most people resume normal activities immediately after treatment. It is important to understand that it is the hairs that are in the active growth phase that respond best to the laser; hairs have three growth phases. Since not all hairs are in this phase at the same time, several treatments are necessary to achieve the best results. Usually between 5-8 treatments. However, even after the first treatment, you will notice less hair growth, thinner hair, and slower growth.

We take this into account when evaluating your hair problem. For example, men who struggle with ingrown hairs after shaving (pseudofolliculitis barbae) and do not want to remove all their hair will only need a few treatments. Contact us to find out about your treatment, any side effects, and what results you can expect.

Things to know before treatment

• We recommend avoiding sun exposure, solariums, and self-tanning creams for the last 4 weeks before treatment. Tanned skin reduces the effect of treatment and increases the risk of hypopigmentation (temporary loss of pigment).
• Waxing, plucking, or threading should be discontinued during the last 4 weeks before treatment, as the laser only works on hair follicles with hair.
• Skin creams containing fruit acids, vitamin A acid, etc. should not be used in the days leading up to treatment.
• It may be advantageous to shave the hair before treatment. Alternatively, trim it short with scissors.
• If you are using medication that makes your skin sensitive to light, this may increase the risk of burns and is not recommended.
• We do not treat pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding. This is for hormonal reasons; the laser itself is in no way harmful to pregnant women.

Typical treatment areas

Hair removal can be performed on several areas of the body. These are the most common treatment areas:

Back - Stomach - Chest - Legs - Thighs - Arms - Armpits - Bikini area - Face - Upper lip - Chin

We use effective diode lasers, not IPL

IPL stands for Intense Pulsed Light and therefore has nothing to do with lasers.

The principles of the treatment method are quite similar for the customer, but instead of lasers tuned to different wavelengths, IPL uses one strong light with different filters to try to achieve the same good results as real lasers.

Unfortunately, the results and effects cannot be compared. Customers often need many more IPL treatments to achieve the same effect as they would with real laser.

The advantage of IPL is that these machines often cost a tenth of what a laser such as a diode laser costs, and that the machine can be used for several different types of treatment.

Permanent hair removal is offered at the clinic in Bergen and at Knarvik Senter.