Spa Services > IPL Permanent Hair Reduction
A fast, comfortable, and permanent alternative.

The Old Solutions

If you live with unwanted hair, you've probably tried some of the typical solutions, such as shaving, waxing, and electrolysis. If so, you've also found that:

• Shaving is a daily nuisance.
• Waxing is painful and olnly a short-term solution.
• Electrolysis is effective, but since it only treats one hair follicle at a time, its not practical for large areas and is extremely time consuming.
  

• Permanent: Concentrated pulses of light lossen the hair and disable the cells responsible for new hair growth.
• Fast: Small areas, such as the underarms or upper lip, can be treated in 10 minutes or less, and even large areas, like the back or legs, can be treated in under a half hour.
• Comfortable: Various cooling methods keep the light pulses mild and skin-safe, allowing for more comfortable treatments than electrolysis and waxing.
• Convenient: Unlike waxing, there is no need to let hair grown out between treatments. You can remain hair free all the time.
  

• How does Palomar pulsed light work?
  
  Palomar Systems use specialized handpieces which filter lgiht from different parts of the spectrum. Each band of the spectrum has a wavelength that is ideal for different treatments, such as hair reduction, sunspot removal, and acne treatment.
  
  The Palomar hair removal handpieces emit pulses of light into the hair follicles. the light is absorbed by the pigment in the follicles and converted to heat. The heat then loosens the hair and disables the cells responsible for growing new hair.
  
  
• How is Palomar pulsed light different from a laser?
  
  Pulsed light systems and lasers are very similar, but Palomar Pulsed Light Systems use a much larger treatment window than most lasters. This spreads light over a wider area of the skin and quicker treatments as a result.
  
  
• What body areas can I get treated?
  
  Any area, except around the eyes. The upper lip, face, neck, underarms, bikini line, legs, chest and back can all be treated. Active Life Institute also does a full brazillian treatment!
  
  
• What are Palomar treatments like?
  
  Your treatment provider will move the hand piece over your skin, pulsing it all the while. Each pulse will send a beam of light through your skin. A flashing light, an audible tone, and a mild sensation on the skin will tell you when the hand piece is being pulsed.
What should I expect after the treatment?

-Immeadiately after treatment, you can expect a mild sunburn-like sensation, possibly accompanied by some minor swelling. This usually lasts 2-24 hours, and can be soothed with cold gel or ice packs.

-The treated hair will continue to appear for 7-30 days post-treatment. This is not new hair groth, but the treated hairs being expelled from the skin.

-At any given time, some of your hair is not in a phase of acitve growth. Therefore you will need more than one treatment to affect the growth of all your unwanted hair.

-Typically, several treatments will be necessary to achieve permanent hair reduction.