Laser Hair Reduction

It is a medical treatment that uses a focused beam of light to disable the follicles producing unwanted hair. Over a course of sessions the treated area is left with markedly less hair, growing back finer and slower, rather than clearing it for a few weeks the way shaving or waxing does.

The laser emits a wavelength that pigment in your hair absorbs far more readily than the surrounding skin. That light becomes heat, travels down the hair shaft and disables the follicle at its root. Only follicles in their active growth phase respond, which is why a course is needed to reach them all.

It gives permanent hair reduction rather than permanent removal. Most people see roughly a 70–90% lasting drop in hair over a full course, with what remains growing back finer and lighter. An occasional top-up holds the result. Electrolysis is the only method described as permanent removal.

Usually six to eight. Hormonally driven facial hair, chin and upper lip especially, can take eight to ten, sometimes with ongoing maintenance. Your own number depends on your hair colour and thickness, the area treated and how your skin responds, and is confirmed after your consultation and patch test.

Facial areas are spaced roughly four to six weeks apart, body areas six to eight. The gap is not arbitrary. It is timed to catch the next group of follicles as they enter their growth phase. Come too early and there is little to target; leave it too long and you miss the window.

From about fifteen minutes for a small facial area such as the upper lip or chin, to around ninety minutes for full body. Underarms take roughly fifteen minutes, full arms or legs closer to forty-five. Allow extra time for your first visit, which includes the consultation and patch test.

The reduction you have already achieved does not reverse. Treated follicles stay treated. But follicles that had not yet cycled into their growth phase were never reached, so hair from those continues as before. You are left with partial rather than wasted results, and you can resume later.

It depends on the area, your hair density and the number of sessions your plan calls for. Your first consultation is complimentary, and you will have the full cost in writing before anything is booked, including whether a package or individual sessions works out better for you.

Most people describe each pulse as a warm snap against the skin that fades immediately, and cooling runs throughout the session. Coarse, dense areas such as the bikini line and underarms are felt more than arms or legs. Numbing cream is available if you would prefer it.

Yes, provided the wavelength is chosen for your skin. Longer wavelengths such as 1064 nm Nd:YAG are absorbed far less by pigment in the surface of the skin, which is what makes them appropriate for deeper tones. Settings follow your patch test, never a standard preset.

Temporary post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation is possible, more so on deeper skin tones, and it usually fades over a few months. It is largely preventable: the right wavelength, conservative energy, thorough cooling, never treating freshly tanned skin, and daily sunscreen afterwards. Lasting darkening is rare when the treatment is done properly.

Usually yes, with adjusted settings and a patch test first. Tell us about eczema, rosacea, psoriasis or any history of reacting badly to heat or skincare, and we will treat a small area and wait to see how your skin settles before booking a full session.

Yes, the face is among the most commonly treated areas, covering upper lip, chin, full or lower face, side locks and beard shaping. Facial skin is thinner and more sensitive, so the settings are gentler and sessions are spaced a little closer together, at four to six weeks.

Yes, and it is one of the most requested areas. Underarm hair is typically coarse and dark, which is exactly what the laser targets best, so results tend to show early. A session takes around fifteen minutes, and it puts an end to the ingrown hairs shaving and waxing cause.

Yes. Bikini and Brazilian-style treatment are routine, carried out with your comfort and privacy in mind. The skin here is sensitive and the hair coarse, so it is one of the areas people feel most. Numbing cream is available, and the results are usually among the most noticeable.

Yes. Beard shaping and neckline tidying, chest, back, shoulders, arms and full body are all commonly treated. The technology, session counts and spacing are the same. Beard work is usually about defining a line or thinning density rather than clearing the area completely.

Yes. Full body covers arms, legs, underarms, front and back in a single appointment of around ninety minutes. It works out more economical than booking areas separately, and keeps every area on the same schedule, which matters, because separately booked areas drift out of sync.

You should. Shave the area twelve to twenty-four hours before your session. The laser needs to reach the follicle, not spend its energy on hair sitting above the skin. Shaving is also the one hair-removal method you can keep using freely between sessions.

No. Avoid waxing, threading, plucking and epilating for three to four weeks beforehand and throughout your course. All of them pull the follicle out, and the follicle is precisely what the laser needs to find. Shaving is fine, because it leaves the root in place.

Effectively none. Mild redness and small raised bumps around each follicle are normal and usually settle within a few hours to a day. Most people go straight back to their day. Skip the gym, hot showers, steam and sauna for the first 24 to 48 hours.

For 24 to 48 hours: heat, sweat and friction: gym, hot showers, steam, sauna and swimming. For the rest of your course: waxing, threading and plucking. And broad-spectrum SPF 30+ daily on treated skin that sees light, which is the single most important step for pigment safety.