Laser Hair Removal & Skin Types

Removing unwanted hair is a crucial step in the present world! Both men and women go for different hair removal methods like Shaving and Waxing, but find these practices to be troublesome and time-consuming. For such people, laser hair removal is the most comfortable way to remove unwanted hair.

Laser hair removal treatment has gained popularity as the best technique to get rid of unwanted hair in almost every part of the world including Delhi. This procedure gives you an escape from both the unnecessary hair and the regular hair removal practices. In this procedure, the laser light is made to fall on the treated area. The laser light gets converted into heat energy and burn the hair follicle right from their root. Thus, the hair does not grow back soon. This procedure undergoes in 8-12 sessions of nearly 20 minutes and is considered to be the best hair reduction technique. In fact, the best laser specialists in Delhi and other parts of the world recommend this procedure to enjoy lifelong result!

While laser hair removal is widely chosen, it can be challenging for those with certain skin types. With the respect to laser treatment, there are six types of skin. It is better to check out your skin type before going to a clinic for a laser hair removal session.

Skin Type 1: Extremely pale. This type of skin is extremely sensitive to the sun exposure as well as burns. Usually, people of Scandinavian or other Northern European countries have this skin type.

Skin Type 2: Fair skin. The skin is very sensitive to sunburn and tans a little. People from European countries (English or German) are likely to have this skin type.

Skin Type 3: Caucasian and Mediterranean people have this skin. The colour of the skin is somewhat fair. The skin is sun sensitive, prone to burns, but tans to light brown. Lighter-skinned Greeks and Italians are perfect examples of this skin type.

Skin Type 4: Medium-fair skin comes under this category. It burns a light and always tans to brown. People of Asia and Middle-East countries belong to this category.

Skin Type 5: Olive or medium dark skin related with lighter-skinned Northern Africans or African Americans. This skin rarely burns and undergoes minimal damage from sun exposure.

Skin Type 6: It is deeply pigmented dark skin and shown lesser sun sensitivity and never burns. It is usually correlated with African descent.

Before, only people with Skin type 1-4 were suitable for this laser hair removal treatment. But now, with the advanced improvements in technology, laser treatment is effective for all skin types. However, its effectiveness on darker skin types is still dependent on the quality of the laser being used.

DermaClinix believes in providing the best solutions to the patients, and thus, invest in the ‘state-of-the-art’ techniques. Our highly-qualified dermatologists are known for providing the right amount of information and care to patients in and outside Delhi. So, if you have any doubt or query regarding the laser hair removal, visit us!

LaserHairRemoval(DermaClinix) is considered to be a superior alternative to Shaving and Waxing. But, is it beneficial for you also? Is your skin suitable for this treatment?