Interesting Info

I was doing some LHR research and came across a Wikipedia entry on LHR (Laser Hair Removal). There was something on there that caught my attention and just thought I would share it:

Any laser light beam intended for topical use can only penetrate skin tissue two millimeters deep. As such, there has been great controversy surrounding the laser industry claims to what most people think of when they hear the word “permanent”. Many class actions lawsuits are settled out of court so the damaging information is never made into public record.

The dermal papilla is the only appropiate target of destruction, as it it is the only substructure of the hair shaft which can reproduce a new root system, and therefore a new hair shaft. The dermal papilla is located at a depth of 7-8 millimeters for coarse hair, and so is beyond the reach of laser.

The laser light beam, however, does a great job of vaporizing large areas, just not permanently. Challenge your laser tech to sign a “plain english” money back guarantee if you want to find out for yourself.

No form of laser is capable of permanent hair removal without scarring. At most, 5 percent of hair in a given area can be removed which adheres to the common usage of the word “permanent”, usually because the hair root is not very thick in diameter, or have any pigment, and is therefore within the two milimeter range of the laser.

This is why laser techicians are required by law to use the term “reduction”.

Why hasn’t anyone replied to this statement? Is it the truth? If not…dispute it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

"No form of laser is capable of permanent hair removal without scarring. "

well, this is obviously not true given experiences on this forum. is this from a electrologist’s website?

this has all the helpful info:
http://www.shorelaser.com/LaserHairDet.html

Why hasn’t anyone replied to this statement? Is it the truth? If not…dispute it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Who is the author of that Wiki article? What is their background and credentials?

That is BS! Believe what you want. I’ll enjoy the results of my LHR.

The depth of hair follicles varies, even on one person’s body. Yes, I believe that some follicles are too deep to be reached by the laser. But it sure as hell isn’t 95% of them, at least for me.

You can check the depth of your hair follicles. Shave an area, and then pluck some hairs with a good pair of tweezers when there is just enough hair (usually less than 1 mm above skin)to grasp. You will see that the depth varies a lot by body location and even within a body location. If you see the hair bulb you will know that you have successfully plucked an entire hair.

Someone else could just as well get on Wiki and say that electrolysis is not permanent, and that article would be published as well.

The term reduction has to be used because laser does not remove every single hair from a treated area. The term is not used because the hair will always grow back. How many people would be happy with 90, 70, even 50% hair reduction on a back or chest after 3 or 4 treatments? I know I would, and I am. It makes the clean up with electrolysis that much quicker and easier if you can remove the hair that is removeable with laser.

RJC2001

I haven’t had any treatments with laser, so I can’t comment on that, but there was an article in USA Today recently about how Wikipedia doesn’t verify any of their information. Anyone can just log in and post whatever they want (or at least that was the case until they ran the article). So I wouldn’t take anything they say too seriously, no matter what it says. Just my two cents…

Noone