Vancouver Laser Hair Removal – Know the Facts

Apart from cosmetic reasons, there can be other compelling reasons why people want to remove hair; for medical reasons, for example. The laser hair removal in Vancouver is required when due to some hormonal imbalance women start sprouting hair at places where they are not supposed to, e.g., facial hair. Also, before surgery, the patient requires the removal of hair to reduce the chance of infection. This is done with a simple temporary method like shaving.

Social and cultural reasons dictate hair removal at times. Would you look better at the workplace clean-shaven or with stubble or would you like to flaunt hairy legs on a date? These are things like that make social and cultural reasons. Many religions across the world also involve some kind of hair removal ritual. 

 

Types of Hair Removal

Basically there are two types of hair removal – temporary and permanent hair removal processes. Before we discuss the different methods available for hair removal it is important to know that hair growth starts from beneath the skin surface.

If you want to remove hair above the skin surface then it is most likely a temporary method, also called depilation. Shaving, trimming, using creams or powders that dissolve hair or using rough surfaces to rub off hair are temporary methods.

Permanent hair removal, also called epilation, involves removing hair not just from the surface but removing it completely along with the roots. Methods like tweezing, waxing, sugaring, threading, etc are the methods of depilation. Then there are the more sophisticated depilation methods such as electrolysis and laser hair removal.