Gentle Laser Center

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FAQ

The average person spends hundreds, if not thousands of dollars each year trying to remove unwanted hair only to have it grow back. Sometimes thicker and darker.

If you shave your legs every other day using the average priced razor and shaving cream, you spend $360 a year. In five years that's $1800.

To have your legs, underarms, and bikini area waxed once per month ads up to almost $1500 annually.

Creams can cost up to $70 monthly. That's $840 per year, and $4200 in five years.

Electrolysis (supposedly a permanent solution) requires nine months of initial treatment at $65 per treatment. Add in the touch-ups and you've spent $650 in the first year alone. Over five years, it has cost $1700 just to have your legs done.

Why choose Gentle Laser Center?

By using the Candela GentleLASE, we have the most comfortable and effective laser hair removal available. We also have the best rates in the the area, and we put our clients first with the best service possible. Our personalized service and staff make your experience with us a pleasant, as well as cost-effective one! We take the time to explain the procedure to you to make you comfortable. At Gentle Laser Center, we are all medically trained personnel performing these services. Not beauticians or aestheticians.

Who is a candidate for laser hair removal?

Anyone with darker hair is a good candidate; while light-blonde, gray, or redheads can be more problematic. The GentleLASE offers a comfortable and effective treatment on most all hair and skin types.

Regardless, of your type of hair or skin, Gentle Laser Center can help reduce or eliminate your unwanted hair within 4 to 6 treatments.

Is laser hair removal permanent?

Our lasers are fully certified to claim 'Permanent Hair Reduction', which means most of your hair will be eliminated. However, because all lasers target the color of your hair, no one can guarantee 100% elimination. Based upon years of study, most of the treated hair will not grow back.

Since everyone is different, the number of treatments your hair will require may vary. But, most people experience a significant reduction ... and that may be as much as 99%!

How does the treatment work?

Lasers designed for hair removal emit light at wavelengths specifically designed to be absorbed by the pigment in the hair (melanin). If the surrounding skin is relatively light compared to the color of the hair, then the entire energy of the laser will be concentrated in the hair shaft, effectively destroying it without damaging the skin. The GentleLASE laser incorporates a cooling spray right before the laser fires, protecting the skin and allowing more energy to be applied to the hair.

With the patented GentleLASE system, you are getting the most advanced hair removal treatment available. IT WORKS!

Which body areas can be treated?

The GentleLASE laser has been successfully used on tens of thousands of patientsworld wide, removing unwanted hair on virtually EVERY area of the body.

We treat all areas of the body except the eyebrow area directly below the brow (it’s too close to the eyes).

How many treatments are required?

For permanent hair reduction, the average person needs at least five treatments for all areas of their body, and six treatments for their face areas. Some people may require more or less, depending on hair color and skin type, but the majority of our clients have excellent results after five or six treatments.

Rarely there are some people who, because of genetics, hormones, or other causes, may only see minimal improvements. Generally this is due to hair or skin color, and we are careful to set realistic expectations in these cases.

Almost all clients with dark hair, even those with extremely persistent hair growth, will achieve permanent hair reduction eventually.

Are there any side effects?

Generally the skin surrounding the follicle is not affected by the laser at all. There can be a short-term bumpiness, as if the hair had been waxed, but this goes away within minutes. Our lasers provide a cooling spray to protect the skin, and our certified technicians are trained to observe the skin during treatment. Certain skin types may experience temporary skin redness, but this usually disappears within a couple of hours.

In very rare instances the skin may hyperpigment (be turned darker) or hypopigment (turn lighter); Again, these conditions are temporary. If we believe your skin type may be susceptible to this, we will try a few test pulses before we do a full treatment.

Is the treatment painful?

In one pulse, the GentleLASE laser treats all the hair on a patch of skin about the size of a quarter. The pulse, lasting only millionths of a second, is usually no more painful than plucking a few hairs.

Some areas of the body are more sensitive than others, but because of the cooling spray you will experience a higher comfort level than with any other laser

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