Laser hair removal and "pitfalls" of a super popular service.
Despite the fact that today laser hair removal is a super popular service in beauty salons, which has many advantages, it is worth looking at this procedure from the other side. So, why is laser hair removal potentially harmful?
For some reason, one of the basic principles of the hormonal system has been forgotten, which should promptly respond to all changes occurring in it. For example, "finding" dead hair follicles in large areas of the body, the body may try to repair these areas by releasing hormones. Therefore, both healthy and people with deviations from the hormonal sphere can “suffer” from such a natural reaction. Moreover, this can happen after some time, because tangible changes will take a long time.
Medical statistics say that if not performed properly, such a procedure can cause an ugly injury, burns in sensitive areas, such as the bikini area or upper lip.
In fact, the success of the procedure depends on the skill of the operator, since the session is led by a person, not a machine. There are not isolated cases in medical practice when operators without the necessary education appointed repeated sessions too early - in four weeks, instead of the established twelve, and then patients received not only ineffective treatment, but also harm.
The mechanism of laser action on the body is not fully understood. Here it is worth remembering the hype that arose around tanning beds a few years ago: women were in a hurry to accelerate the aging of their skin and expose the body to the risk of cancer for the sake of a “chocolate body”. All it took for manufacturers to get millions of women to “smoke” themselves in UV booths was to advertise “bronze” models. Fortunately, today only a few visit solariums, and most women restore their skin after these “fashionable” procedures. It is possible that laser hair removal will also show its negative sides in a few years.
Given all this, it is impossible to talk about the harmlessness of laser hair removal: there are too many examples in history when a new technology was introduced to the masses that was not fully understood and left many side effects. Given today's statistics on mortality from cancer, it is necessary to treat unknown inventions with a little-studied effect on the body with increased vigilance.
Important! Jama Dermatology published the following data: from 2008 to 2019, the number of lawsuits for low-quality laser therapy has risen from 35% to 78%.
Of course, sugaring and waxing are cooler, cooler than a laser. Let's compare:
A tan:
Sugaring / Waxing - for only 3 days you should refrain from sunbathing
Laser hair removal should be done 4 weeks after active sun exposure or 4 weeks before vacation
Pregnancy:
Sugaring / wax depilation - if there are no contraindications of the supervising doctor and the client did depilation before pregnancy, then there are no contraindications to the procedure
Laser - One of the contraindications for laser hair removal is pregnancy and breastfeeding
Blond and gray hair:
Sugaring / Waxing - suitable for all types of hair.
Laser - Light and gray hair will be much more difficult to leave, since the laser acts and destroys the hair pigment directly
Price:
Even at this point, sugaring and waxing are more profitable. The laser does not permanently remove hair for you either. Each time you will need to update the trips and spend more money than on sugaring or waxing.
Our dear readers, first of all, contact only professionals who know how and know their business, who value you as clients, and do not see you as a one-time income. Only to salons where they value your health and value their reputation!
Stay always beautiful, happy and healthy!!!
Always yours, Angel Care!