Laser Hair Removal was limited to light skinned individuals with dark hair when it was first introduced. Efficient Laser Hair Removal was produced by Alexandrite and Diode lasers. Dark skinned individuals could not use these lasers for effective hair removal because early generation lasers were unable to distinguish between skin pigment and hair follicles, which led to the burning of those with darker skin. With the advent of the new laser line, the YAG, and the re-invention of the IPL system this problem has finally been resolved.

The first reports of using laser energy to selectively damage and disable actively growing hair follicles were published in the early 1990”s and since then, laser hair removal has become the “Gold Standard” for the management of unwanted hair. Before that the only methods of removing unwanted hair were basically through shaving, plucking, waxing, and electrolysis.

Laser hair removal has since then become so ppopular as a mean for removing unwanted hair but as people undertook the treatment they found out several side effects. The side effects are however found to be only temporary.

Laser hair removal is the use of laser energy to produce long-term hair reduction. This is accomplished by producing heat in the hair, which is transferred to the hair follicle, which in-turn produces inflammation, and this inflammation sends a signal to the hair follicle to go into the resting (telogen) phase. What is a laser? A laser is a device that produces light of a single color or wavelength. In dermatology, these lasers produce pulses of high-energy light that is taken up by the desired target. In the case of hair removal, the target is the melanin pigment contained within the hair shaft.