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5. How soon do I expect to see results? How do I know it is working for me?

You will see results starting with your VERY FIRST session. [expand]The hair growth will be less and the hairs finer and weaker; your skin will become smoother; and the hair pores on your skin will become less visible after each session. The results will become more impressive with each following session. You may feel 3 sessions in that your hair is regrowing and previous results have been lost - but this is not the case, as part of the process some hairs will have been dormant and are now growing to anagen and ready for elimination[/expand]

6. What are the risks or possible side effects involved?
You will not experience any damage to your skin. All the possibilities are short term reactions [expand]such as a redness and follicular edema (which is a temporary swelling of the hair root sac with a similar overall appearance as goosebumps). These may take a few minutes to several hours to fade away. A very small percentage of people do have adverse reactions such as hypo or hyper-pigmentation which is why we do a patch test. Most people can get treated during their lunch time and there will be no visible indications of a treatment when they return to their office.[/expand]

7. Does Laser Hair Removal hurt?
It's described more as uncomfortable rather than painful by most. [expand]If you have tried any hair removal solution such as waxing, tweezing or electrolysis, along with any type of other laser and flash-lamp equipment, you will marvel at how painless our Polaris lasers are combined with the ice air jet. Any of the methods mentioned above is more aggressive, damaging and painful than a laser hair removal session with new and improved machines will be. However there is some slight discomfort associated with it and this is why we recommend getting the free patch test to experience it for yourself and see if it is within your comfort levels.[/expand]

8. Is Laser Hair Removal for everyone?
Laser hair removal will NOT work on white, grey, light red or light blond hair follicles.[expand] Also people who are experiencing PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) may experience poor results unless they receive medical support along with the laser treatment.[/expand]

9. Can I choose to achieve finer and less hair in some areas rather than a full removal?
The main effect of an NdYag is to completely eradicate a follicle and the aim of the treatment is complete hair removal. Some clients though opt for just a few sessions but we cannot guarantee uniformity of hair reduction - some areas in this senario may appear hairless and others patchy. It's generally best to consider completing treatment courses. However some clients opt for chest, leg or back hair in this senario where in general the result appears as if the hair is less.

10. I have in growns on my face, legs, bikini area and back. Would laser help?
Absolutely. [expand]Even after one treatment you will notice that most of your ingrowns will be terminated. Within few weeks, the area will be smooth and the color of your skin will return to your original skin colour.[e/xpand]

11. How are the treatments priced?
Prices are usually given per area per session. [expand]This is for the convenience of the clients of course, since as a consumer you will always have the option to stop after the number of sessions you believe are enough for you. However, multiple area and multiple treatment discounts are also available and can be discussed in your consultation.[/expand]

12. What should I do before/after laser hair removal?
Your hair needs to be as short as possible for this treatment to be effective.[expand] Therefore we do recommend you to shave at least a day or two before. Since we will cover the entire area in each of your sessions (except for clean-up sessions) we do not actually need to see the hair. Shaving it removes the surface debris and allows the laser beam to penetrate and kill the root as it should. 2-4 weeks prior to the laser treatment sun bathing must be avoided - we cannot treat you with an active tan. You must avoid Neurofen and ibuprofen 7 days prior as it increases the chance of bruising.
After the treatments we advise you to treat your skin with care for the next 24 hours. Taking showers with boiling hot water, sweating excessively, rough exfoliating or products that contain a lot of chemical ingredients should be avoided since they can cause itchy, sensitive skin. After this period of time you can return to your daily habits with no danger whatsoever. You will receive full aftercare instructions after treatment.[/expand]

13. How about tanning? I keep hearing how it is bad for you if you are doing laser.
A lot of people think tanning is dangerous combined with laser because the darker your skin, the riskier the treatment. This is completely false. We treat African & Asian skin types every day, so dark skin is really not the issue here. The real problem is that tanning is a process that causes a lot of heat to accumulate on your skin plus pigmentation from tanning interferes with laser delivery. Laser, even though you won't feel it that way, is a source of heat as well. Therefore, you must space out tanning and laser sessions to avoid the overheating of your skin. In other words, tanning and laser are perfectly compatible as long as you make sure there is enough time between them (usually 2 before weeks is enough before going on holiday & 4 weeks after is the general rule).