Regardless of the cause, millions of Americans remove unwanted hair daily by a variety of temporary hair removal strategies that include shaving, waxing, chemical depilatories and tweezing.
Electrolysis provides a permanent, but often tedious and slow alternative solution for hair removal.
Recent improvements in the understanding of laser skin interactions and advances in laser technology have afforded the development of several laser-assisted hair removal strategies. Lasers enable the treatment of large surface areas in a short time span, allowing treatment of an entire back, leg or chest in one treatment session. While in many cases results are excellent compared to existing alternatives, it is easier to induce a growth delay than to induce permanent hair removal. Success varies depending upon the individual and the location of the hair on the body. Hair is removed from the skin surface by shaving the day before treatment.