A concentrated beam of light energy from the laser harmlessly passes through the skin and is absorbed by the pigment in each hair follicle. This zap of laser light lasts flashes for just a microsecond. With each pulse of the laser, hundreds of follicles are affected without damaging the overlying skin. These follicles are disabled which prevents them from growing back.

Absolutely not. Some centers may offer a laser-like machine commonly known as intense pulsed light which is not a laser. The results are dramatically inferior to a true laser. IPL machines are much slower and more painful when compared to our new state-of-the-art Alexandrite lasers that use a cryogen cooling system. Not only is non laser light therapy inconvenient, it is suboptimal in its results and the amount of clearing of hair that it provides.

Lasers treatments provide great results and long term solutions for hair removal if the laser is used in the right hands. Because laser affects only hair in the active phase of their growth cycle, follicles which are lying dormant cannot be affected by the laser. But later as these dormant hair follicles become active once again, periodic maintenance may be necessary.