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SALON LASER TWEEZER
™
Everyone’s hair grows differently, depending on age, weight,
metabolism, hormones, ethnicity, medications and other
factors. However, all hair goes through three distinct growth
phases:
Active Growth phase (called the anagen phase),
Degradation phase (catagen phase)
, during which the hair
stops growing but is not yet shed, and the
Resting phase
(telogen phase)
, when a hair falls out and a new hair begins
to form.
Laser treatment is effective when the hair is in the active
growth phase. At any one time there is only a percentage
of hairs in the Active Growth phase (the actual percentage
varies from one body area to another). Some follicles are
destroyed, others may be reduced to producing only vellus
hairs (light fine hairs) and some are disabled helping prevent
hair regrowth.
To catch all hairs in the Active growth phase, several
treatments are required over many months (a minimum of six
over six months). Thereafter a quick treatment every 4 to 6
weeks is undertaken to ensure disabled hairs remain dormant
and to maintain permanently hair free skin.
WHy IS A SERIES OF TREATMENTS REQUIRED?
Body site
Follicle
Density
per square cm
Resting
phase
Time in
Resting
phase
Active
Growth
Head
350
15%
3 months
83%
Arms
80
18%
5 months
79%
Legs
60
18%
6 months
79%
beard
500
68%
10 weeks
30%
Upper Lip
350
64%
6 weeks
34%
Armpit
65
28%
3 months
69%
Chest/back
70
28%
3 months
69%
Pubic
70
25%
3 months
71%
© The Dezac Group
© The Dezac Group
© The Dezac Group
