My name is Michael, I’m 29 and I’m emailing from Australia. I had a question in regards to hair removal in men.
To paint a picture, I can best describe my complexion as being no more than olive.
I have been attending laser hair removal sessions for some time over quite a number of years. The common areas I have treated are my shoulders, top of my arm, my entire back and neck. Over time the hair has become fine and sparse but for me personally like a lot of men out there, the hair still feels very uncomfortable when it has grown and I really do hate it.
I am well aware that there is no such thing as permanent hair removal. However, I have been researching the latest technologies from around the world and am yet to find the best method to remove the lighter hair. I notice that advancements in laser hair removal are breaking through but it still seems like some time before consumers can get a hold of this. I have looked up oral medication for men but it doesn’t seem around…
Is there an equivalent to VANIQA for men? Are there any specific laser machines that would work better on the finer hair. My doctor currently uses I believe what is called the Alexandrite.
Alos, there is a new craze that seems to me making waves called photonuematic therapy. They claim that its 5 times more effective and alot quicker than anything else on the marked at the moment. Was wondering if anyone has tried this or knows of anyone that has tried it. Compared to whats on the marked at the moment, it looks revolutionarily but this technology still doesnt seem to have made its way to Australia, sadly.
Has anyone heard of this method? How about oral meds for men? Can anyone help? Point me in the right direction? Any ideas?
There is such a thing as “permanent hair removal” and it’s called electrolyis. After all the work you’ve had done, I’d switch to this method to clean up the strays. When done properly, it can removal ALL hair from the treated area. The areas I’ve had done years ago are just as clear now as they were then.
agreed. there is such a thing as “permanent hair removal”, it is a combination of the methods currently available depending on the area treated, skin type, hair type, etc. In your situation, you should be switching to electrolysis.
It is an IPL by Aesthera. It sucks the skin up, stretches the skin and emits a beam of light on the surface. works better than any IPL but it is still an IPL !!!
I’d say that it would take a fair while for them to complete it on my body as the research I have read on it says its hair by hair.
Id like to try it but it just seems like it would take an eternity.
I suppose I have to wait for Photopnuematic to hit Australia or I might need to look at several treatments to complete the required area using electrolysis…
from the few posts that i’ve read about 2 clinics trying this machine, it didn’t work or do any miracles. i would stick with an alex laser if you’re doing laser that’s proven to be most effective.
If you want permanent hair removal then you’ll definitely have to go with electrolysis.
~ Megan @ Hair Removal [hair-removal-options dot com/] A Guide to find the best hair removal option for you
Can I suggest that these kind of quotes are uncalled for unless you want to provide the data to back up your claims.
Some background facts. You are born with all the hair you will ever have, but much of that hair doesn’t grow and instead is dormant. Some of it cycles and some of it just sits there until some point when it starts growing. This by the way explains why men will grow hair on their ears when they age and women grown new hair on thier chin when peri-menapausal. There is no way to treat these long dormant hairs until they start growing. (Aside: There is an theoretical argument that the laser’s ability to stimulate some of these long dormant hair, though frustrating, may in the long run be good. Well see)
When you destroy a hair is does not come back. The mechanism of electrolysis and LHR both destroy hair the same way. The only difference is the way the energy is delivered.
Electrolysis has advantages in treating very fine hair and hair without pigment. LHR has advantages in speed and convenience. And apparently comfort, but I have never had electrolysis so I don’t really know. But the reality is both of them have to be done properly with the right tools to gain maximum effectiveness. And they take nearly equal time to be successful as far as calendar time from start to finish. In fact, it may be that electrolysis take fewer months. Though it takes many more hours of time.
But the bottom line is that both work and both do lead to equally permanent removal of hair. I have seen excellent results from electrolysis and equally excellent results from laser hair removal. And I have seen poor results from both.
You are very patient to write this careful explanation in response to MH.
It gets exhausting to chase meganholloway all over this forum as well as the cosmetic enhancements forum correcting her spamming statements. But it’s important to do in order to protect the neophyte (I like that word) consumer who comes here looking for straight talk.
This kind of reminds me of a poster last spring named “jenrix” who did the same thing. It got to be really funny at times because his poor english made no sense at all.