Laser hair removal seems to be very popular these days, and with good reason. Among other things you can eliminate it from just about anywhere on your body - just be careful near the eyes though, as a laser beam is directed at the area you want to remove hair from and this means if your are thinking of your eyebrows, it is better to either pluck or shave them. Just in case.

Aside from that it has become a very good alternative both from the point of view of lasting results and because expertise by professionals has increased.

The question still stands though and that is: What is laser hair removal?

It is a method that directs a laser beam to the area where the hair is located. The beam goes to the follicle beneath the skin and basically eliminates it from the roots. This light is directed against the pigment known as the melanin.

The dark pigment receives the beam and the heat is transferred along the length of the hair to the root, eliminating it. This has an important implication and that is the color of the hair. Dark hair on light skin makes for a better target. Light hair on light skin or dark hair on dark skin effectively complicate the targeting of the beam. This is why you will generally hear that laser hair removal works best on dark hair over light skin. However there is a bit of good news and that is the new laser machines can be adjusted to the skin and color tones of individual people.

Which Body Areas Are Best?

Today you can remove just about any type of hair with laser and this means that the options on body areas is just about complete - the practical side of things is another matter, but typically women will remove hair from:

Men (for example athletes) are also removing hair and for them the typical areas are:

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