During a treatment for laser hair removal in Oak Ridge, we’ll pass a specialized laser over the target area of your skin. Your hair follicles will absorb the light energy emitted from the laser. This effectively damages the follicles and prevents future hair growth.
It’s important to understand that lasers only target hair follicles that are actively producing hair.
Hair follicles in the resting phase (which aren’t actively growing hair at the time of treatment) aren’t affected by the laser energy. As a result, laser hair removal only treats a portion of your hair follicles. Over time, resting follicles begin to enter the active growth phase, at which point they can be treated. This is why it takes a series of multiple treatments to fully address all of the hair in a target area and achieve completely hair-free skin.
While this means a bit of patience, the results are well worth it! Each treatment gets you closer to your long-term goals of smoother, more permanent hair reduction.