SubscribeAfter the age of 40 and as women approach menopause, hormonal changes cause hair on the face to thicken and grow more densely: particularly in the chin and upper lip areas. If you’ve been considering laser hair removal but have been dragging your feet a bit, here’s a true-to-life look at what the experience is really like.
–After filling out the requisite paper work, you will meet with a master aesthetician who will thoroughly examine your face and explain the procedure to you. Because hair grows in cycles, most facial hair requires anywhere from two to four separate sessions with the aesthetician.
–The area to be treated will be slathered with an anesthetic gel that protects the skin from burning and also provides a topical method for soothing the skin during the procedure.
–Many aestheticians also let their clients hold a special cold air device that looks a lot like a vacuum cleaner extension but that emits air rather than sucking it in. It allows a client to direct the cold air toward the area being treated, cooling the heat effects of the laser and providing an additional source of numbness.
–The aesthetician will gently pass the laser over the areas being treated; the laser light will pass through the skin and into the hair follicle where the energy turns into heat and damages the follicle: thus effectively preventing its regrowth. You will hear a fizzle or pop as the light hits the hair along with smelling a slight burning smell: it feels like a tiny rubber band snapping momentarily against your skin. It’s just the laser targeting the hair follicle and the hair follicle