Using current IPL technology, it is possible to permanently remove hair up to 85-90%. Further, histology studies have found destroyed and denatured hair follicles cells in post treatment.
The visible light is completely safe, and thus, no special precautions are needed apart from glasses for the brightness generated from the flash lamp. Most patients experience no skin reactions afterwards, and any that occur should disappear within hours to a few days.
Unfortunately not, as darker hairs are most easily treated due to the high concentration of melanin that allows maximum absorption of the laser.
Our IPL hair removal system produces a high intensity flash of filtered light from the applicator head, which is placed in contact with the skin. The energy from the light is absorbed by the melanin in the skin. The hair then acts as a conductor of the light and effectively turns it into heat to raise the temperature of the surrounding cells to 70 degree centigrade or more. The heating denatures, or kills, the cells making them incapable of producing further hair growth.
