Brownskin - Philadelphia, PA - Laser Hair Removal

Brownskin
932 Pine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
info@brownskin.net

What is Brown Skin?
Brownskin.net is an educational site for individuals with skin of color. Whether your ethnicity and skin care needs are related to your Asian skin care, Latina skin care, African American skin care, Black skin care, or Indian skin care, this site is meant for you.

Brownskin.net covers topics related to skin care conditions from Acne to Hair Loss to Skin Cancer. The site contains skin care tips and advice designed to help individuals with skin of color understand their skin type.

Laser-assisted Hair Removal
Women have long battled with unwanted body and facial hair, which is often embarrassing. For any woman sick of constantly shaving, plucking and waxing, not to mention depilatories and the long and often cumbersome process of electrolysis, laser assisted hair removal is an important option. Today lasers can be used to permanently reduce not only facial hair, but also hair from the underarms, bikini line, and most other areas of the body. It is important to realize that to reduce hair growth, multiple laser treatments are necessary. Typically, it takes from 4-6 laser treatments because hair is only removed during its growth cycle. Since all hairs are not in the same phase of the cycle, more than one treatment is necessary to permanently reduce the hairs. After 4 or 5 treatments most patients notice between a 50%-85% reduction in hair.

Both the long pulse diode and long pulse Nd:YAG lasers are the most appropriate lasers for laser-assisted hair removal in brown skin. One study reported a greater than 50% reduction of facial hair 6 months after treatment with a long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser. Laser therapy is relatively quick and takes anywhere from a few minutes to an hour, depending on the size of the area you are having treating. You will be able to immediately resume your normal activities after the treatment. It is important not wear make-up or apply skin care products before the procedure. All patients undergoing laser treatment should avoid becoming tanned both before and after hair removal treatments. In order for the treatments to be effective, you must have hair in the follicle for the laser light to target. Therefore, you should not wax, pluck, or shave 3- 4 weeks beforehand. The process itself is relatively painless and most patients report little to no pain. It is also important to protect your skin before and after the procedure with sunblock.

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