If body hair in certain places is bothering you, you may think that you have to resort to laser hair removal to rid you of the nuisances. While laser hair therapy has given many people good outcomes, the treatment isn’t for everyone, and you might be looking for another alternative if you’re not an ideal candidate for laser hair removal or you just don’t want to go through the treatment course.
Intense Pulsed Light (IPL)
Instead of a laser, intense pulsed light can be used to destroy hair follicles so that they no longer grow new hairs. Unlike laser hair therapy, multiple wavelengths are used in IPL therapy to remove hair. IPL therapy may be your best alternative if you have dark skin that won’t respond well to laser light. In addition to removing hair, IPL therapy can be useful in treating skin conditions like rosacea and acne.
Electrolysis
Electrolysis works similarly to laser hair removal except that it uses radio frequency rather than intense laser light to remove hair. The treatment can also offer you a permanent solution so that you won’t have to worry about shaving or removing your unwanted hair again in other ways. If you have darker hair or lighter skin, which doesn’t always respond as well to laser hair removal, electrolysis can be an especially good alternative. Hair Today Gone Tomorrow Electrolysis & Med Spa, for example, or another local spa that offers electrolysis can perform your treatment over a course of multiple sessions to give you permanent results.
Sugaring
If you have considered waxing but are afraid of the pain and skin irritation it could cause, sugaring may be a more appealing option. A sticky paste that’s made from sugar, lemon and other natural ingredients is applied to the skin and removed with strips that are then pulled by an aesthetician. However, the sugaring solution doesn’t stick to the skin the same way that wax does and only removes hair from the root instead of taking some of the top skin layer with it as it’s pulled. Hair from the legs, arms, bikini area and other parts of the body can often be removed effectively with sugaring.
There are several ways to get rid of body hair that you no longer wish to see or feel, and laser hair removal isn’t the only treatment that can give you long-term results. Any of these other treatments can leave you with hair-free skin that will make you look as though you’re naturally smooth.
