Permanent Hair Reduction – Perth, Western Australia
See results from the very first treatment!
Available for both men and women, the StarLux IPL supersedes laser hair removal by emitting a broad spectrum of intense light through the skin directly to the hair follicle. The light energy turns to heat energy, damaging and ultimately disabling the base of the hair that contains the growing cells. The result is a permanent reduction in hair on almost all areas of the body, including:
The quantity of treatment sessions may vary depending on your hair colour, skin type, area being treated and desired result. However, on average, clients require four sessions in intervals of 6 – 12 weeks to achieve maximum result. It is vitally important that the hair is allowed to grow between sessions therefore whilst the area may be shaved between treatments, waxing or plucking is not recommended.
Three Stages of Hair Growth
Hair has three distinct growing stages:
- Anagen - active growing phase;
- Catagen - resting phase; and
- Telogen - end phase before the old hair falls out and is replaced by new
growth.
It is in the Anagen phase that hair is most successfully treated as this is when the hair follicle is attached to the bulb containing the growth cells. The IPL StarLux machine destroys the bulb, resulting in permanent hair removal.
All hairs treated with the IPL machine will fall out within a week or two allowing the hairs in
the Catagen and Telogen growth stages to reach Anagen by the next treatment date.
Further, successive treatments allow the damaged, but not disabled hair follicles treated in
the Anagen stage to be re-treated. Repeated sessions ensure that all hair follicles have
maximum exposure to IPL at the right time.
The hair follicles that have been permanently disabled will not grow again. There will be some dormant hair follicles in the skin at the time of treatment and these may grow back at a later stage. You may or may not be required to return for a maintenance treatment, the choice depends on the individual hair growth and the desired long-term effect.
