Photoepilators

Posted on March 26, 2008 in Uncategorized

Photoepilators also called as Intensive Pulse Light (IPL) are a burst of filtered light that target one hair at a time, which is then tweezed. This method of hair removal is considered to give longer results than tweezing.

In this method a fiber optic probe is placed above the hair follicle and then an intense filtered light based energy is sent through the probe into the follicle. As the heat is absorbed by melanin in the hair, the hair follicle gets damaged. Then the hair is plucked by tweezers.

Photoepilators are not lasers. They may cause thermal damages to your skin. So it is advised to go for modern lasers than choosing photoepilators despite their massive advocacy.

Advantages of Photoepilators

• Some find the procedure is less painful and side effects associated with it are less in compare to tweezing.
• Some opine it is safe if performed properly.

Disadvantages of Photoepilators

• Photoepilation has clinically published data demonstrating long term results.
• The process is slow
• It is expensive

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