There is nothing better than clean, clear and hair-free skin, especially during swimsuit season.
It looks good AND it feels great.
The benefits of removing hair, especially along your bikini line are clear, but the process can cause a lot of issues.
Shaving and waxing are both common hair removal methods, but the results are temporary. As your hair regrows it can cause all kinds of discomfort and looks awful, forcing you to shave or wax yet again.
Frequent use of these traditional hair removal methods can cause damage to your skin and detracts from the smooth and blemish-free look you are going for.
The good news is that there is a way to permanently remove hair from your body – laser hair removal.
Although it may seem like an extreme measure, it is one of the most popular ways for women to permanently remove hair. It is super effective and perfectly safe.
We get it though, you may have some concerns when it comes to hair removal treatments on the most intimate areas of your body.
Let’s take a detailed look at how bikini laser hair removal works and the great results you can expect from this leading hair removal treatment.
How Does Bikini Laser Hair Removal Work?
Although it may sound futuristic and innovative, laser hair removal has been around for a long time. In fact, this type of treatment is almost 50 years old!
The sophistication and effectiveness of laser hair removal treatments have greatly improved in that time, but the basic science behind how it works has not.
High powered, medical lasers are focussed onto the area with unwanted hair. The light from the laser pulses is absorbed by individual hairs and converted to heat.
This heat reaches the hair follicle and destroys the ability for it to continue producing hair in the future.
While this previously may have led to some discomfort during the treatment, this has been greatly reduced with recent innovations.
Modern medical lasers now have an inbuilt cooling action which halts the heating of the follicles abruptly, minimizing any redness or irritation from the treatment.
In fact, the majority of patients find no more irritation than what they would experience from traditional hair removal techniques such as waxing or shaving, but the solution is permanent!
Electrolysis is another permanent option that is often discussed alongside laser removal and it works in a very similar way. The hair follicles are disrupted using tiny pulses of electricity.
While it is equally permanent, electrolysis can only target individual hairs and it can take a number of treatments to actually make your bikini line hair-free.
Laser hair removal effectively targets larger areas of skin and in many cases can be completed in a single treatment!
Getting the Right Look
A big concern for many patients is getting the right look, especially because this is a permanent solution.
The first thing to understand is what to ask for when getting hair removal treatment. The most common requests include:
- Bikini Line Wax – The removal of hair that falls outside, or just within, the line of your swimsuit/bikini.
- French Wax – Goes beyond the bikini line and removes most of your pubic hair from the sides and top, leaving just a strip down the middle.
- Brazilian – This can refer to any number of styles, but typically involves removing all of the hair from front to back, while leaving a styled area of hair, often a triangle or even a strip-like in a French wax. A ‘full Brazilian’ can in some cases refer to the complete removal of your pubic hair.
Does this all sound too complicated? Don’t worry, it doesn’t have to be.
The simplest way to ensure you get the style you want with your bikini wax is to shave the area into your desired shape/style before you come in for treatment.
This gives the laser operator the perfect instructions on where you do and don’t want hair. Options around styling is also a great thing to discuss during your initial consultation.
What Results Can I Expect?
Unlike shaving and waxing where you can be left with bumps or the shadow of the removed hair, laser treatment leaves you with completely clear and smooth skin.
This is down to the removal process, which stops growth from the follicle and prevents any regrowth in the future.
Because all bodies are different, there is no one size fits all approach to laser hair removal.
For that reason, you will always have an initial consultation with a professional that takes into consideration your personal situation and create a bespoke treatment plan.
For the vast majority of people, it takes just one treatment to complete a bikini line hair removal. There may be some minor redness or irritation directly following the procedure, but most people recover from this in a matter of hours.
There can however be some complications when it comes to blonde, grey or red hair. Lighter coloured hair does not respond as well to laser treatment, due to lower levels of melanin.
It is melanin that pigments the hair and the darker the hair is, the more readily it absorbs the heat from the laser, deactivating the hair follicle.
You can definitely still get laser hair removal for lighter hair, but it may take more than one treatment to get the same result.
What Does Bikini Laser Hair Removal Cost?
There is no hard and fast rule when it comes to the cost of bikini line laser hair removal.
A number of factors such as the amount of hair to be removed or the number of treatments necessary all come into play.
The best way to get an indication of the cost is to come in for a free consultation with a qualified specialist who can assess the situation and customize a treatment plan for you.
Given just how easy it is to get a smooth bikini line with modern laser treatments, there is no reason not to be looking your best this summer!