For instance, male hair removal is one thing, and female hair removal is another. Usually, males have much stronger and thicker hairs than women, therefore the procedure may differ in terms of length and number of sessions required for a permanent hair removal. Then, even if we talk about two women: one may be blond, with very little hair, therefore she may have to pay less than a dark haired one, with thick hairs.

Prices will also vary with the area of the body where the hair needs to be removed from. Facial hair removal is a very delicate operation, as the skin of the face can get easily irritated, therefore a lot of caution should be applied when removing hair from the upper lip, for example.

Laser Hair Removal vs. Standard Hair Removal Methods

It’s obvious that the laser procedure is more expensive than traditional methods like waxing or shaving, but the real cost needs to be calculated over years and not based on a single session. Take one year multiplied with 12, then multiply this figure with the cost of waxing, for instance. Then take the same year, multiplied with six laser hair removal treatments and you’ll see that the cost of a laser therapy breaks even after five years or so. If this is acceptable or not, depends on your personal standards and income level.

Nonetheless, if you’re determined to go for a permanent hair removal treatment, please don’t base your research exclusively on costs. The clinic you decide to go for should have all required approvals from the state and it should employ only FDA approved lasers. Otherwise, you may need reconstructive surgery after your hair removal treatment.

The main risk in case of laser therapies are the burns. They can go from mild to severe and there are cases in which they leave permanent marks on the patient’s skin. Skin color changes are other effects that may appear as a consequence of improper laser hair removal procedures. If the laser acts by inhibiting your melatonin production, your skin will get discolored, because melatonin is the substance that produces the color pigment of the skin. In other cases, a laser treatment may lead to a hyper secretion of melatonin, thus causing the patient’s skin to get darker. Both effects are embarrassing and undesirable.

In order to prevent such incidents, you could ask other patients if they were pleased with the laser procedures for permanent hair removal in specific clinics. Another good idea is to avoid going for the cheapest service you can find, because this may translate in poor or older laser equipment, therefore in an increased risk of getting burns.

There are several procedures which are approved by FDA and laser devices built using these technologies are available all over the world, wherever there’s need for them. There are just so many people who, when seeing how it feels to be bald, decided to seek some solutions to cover their head.

In the next articles, we are going to see the positives and the negatives of such procedures, which remain controversial despite the fact that they are FDA-approved, therefore supposed to be within the acceptable safety range.