Laser hair removal is your best solution to get rid of your unwanted hair fast. This lasting treatment uses selective laser light to treat the face, body, arms, legs, bikini area, and back. After a series of laser treatments, the skin is soft and smooth, no need for tweezers or shaving ever again.

Super intense pulsed light lasers are safe and economical to reduce the hair growth on both men and women. The most popular hair removal method on the market today is laser hair removal because it is easy, almost pain-free and gives lasting results.

Celebrities, stars and supermodels use laser hair removal and now you can too. Performed by professionals the solution to unwanted hair using Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) epilators leaves skin enviably soft and sleek.

Contact Rocky Mountain Laser Aesthetics today for an appointment and be ready to wear shorts and swimsuits this spring without embarrassment.

The better you prepare for treatment, the more likely the treatment is to be successful. Studies show that laser hair removal treatments reduce hair growth from 20 – 90%, depending upon the individual. If you take these precautions, chances are you’ll increase your success rate, says Dr. Raval.

Do not tan, not even sunless tanning, 4 – 6 weeks prior to treatment. A tan increases side effects of blistering and skin discoloration. If you do tan, you’ll have to wait weeks to let the tan fade completely before undergoing laser hair removal.

Avoid waxing or plucking hairs including electrolysis prior to treatment too. Laser hair removal is most effective if hairs are visible but shaved short. You can shave the day of the procedure.

During the procedure, patients wear goggles to prevent accidental exposure of the eyes to laser light. Sometimes the physician or laser tech will apply a topical local anesthetic to the treatment area to reduce any discomfort, although many patients claim there’s nothing uncomfortable about the treatment other than the smell of singed hair which is normal.

Treatment can take minutes to several hours depending upon the area of the body being treated. It’s normal for the cost of the laser hair removal treatment to be based upon the length of time it takes to perform the service, so hair removal from the lip will be less expensive than hair removal across an entire back.

Call Rocky Mountain Laser Aesthetics today for an appointment. 303-985-8520.

Located in Cherry Creek North, the chic dining and entertainment district in Denver, CO, Dr. Raval is medical director of Rocky Mountain Laser Aesthetics and has a facial plastic surgery practice at the same location. Dr. Raval named this procedure “Turbo-charging.” It does just what it sounds like—accelerates the treatment and its effectiveness.

Levulon is an ointment that is applied to the skin prior to treatment with light-sensitive lasers. Pulses of light respond to the Levulon gearing up the treatment’s efficiency, whether the laser is being used, as it commonly has as a cure for acne, and now for advanced hair reduction.

No damage is done to the skin. The procedure only takes 30-45 minutes and is recognized by the FDA as a permanent hair removal process. Depending on one’s skin coloring and the melanin in the hair follicle plus the stage of hair growth when the laser treatment is performed, it may require as many as 5 treatments for optimal results. There is no down-time, and the skin may be slightly red the day following treatment.

Step-by-step breakdown:

The hair above the skin is trimmed. Levulon, a cool gel is applied to the skin.  Pulses of light from a photosensitive laser are aimed at the treatment area and the light gravitates toward the Levulon and hits the unwanted hairs. The gel is wiped off gently following treatment leaving patients’ skin smooth and hairless.

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Electrolysis is still in use today, although its protocols have been improved. It is the only process that is universally and medically approved, documented and accepted by the U.S.A. Food and Drug Administration (FDA.), as permanent hair removal. And the best part is that it’s effective on light and dark hair as well as all skin tones, in situations that other techniques like lasers do not.

Electrolysis is found to be useful for white-skinned gray haired individuals also, who form poor candidates for the laser technique. This is the most widely acclaimed form of permanent hair removal.

Q. You mean the same technique is still used today?

A. Electrolysis is much improved over the first treatments devised 132 years ago. The method then proved to be slow, tedious and painful. In the early 1900’s, research proved that the use of high frequency was effective for the removal of hair and in the 1940’s high frequency superseded galvanic electrolysis. In 1949 Arthur Hinkle of California and Henrie St Pierre developed the technique of Blend to combine the benefits and advantages of Galvanic and High frequency, applying the 2 methods to the hair follicle simultaneously.

Q. How do I know if I’m a candidate for electrolysis vs. laser hair removal.

A. Electrolysis is the only permanent hair removal treatment on the market. Other treatments cannot claim to be permanent.

One of the considerations the medical estheticians at Rocky Mountain Laser Clinic agree, is the color of your hair and skin. Hair grows on the body for these reasons:

• Congenital, or due to your genetic code
• Because of androgens or male hormones in the body
• Normal hormonal changes take place during puberty, pregnancy and menopause and can be the cause of excessive hair growth.
• Also abnormal systemic changes to the endocrine system that regulates hormone production in the body when adversely effected by illness or disease, which may result in the production of superfluous hair. And finally some surgical procedures (i.e. the removal of one’s ovaries) affect the normal hormonal balance and generate unwanted hair.