Laser Hair Reduction

Hi friends, this is Dr Suruchi Puri, I am a Dermatologist, practising in Janakpuri area in New Delhi. Today I am just going to talk about laser hair reduction, what it is and how it can be useful to us in the various indications. So laser hair reduction is gaining a lot of popularity these days, it is not just gaining popularity for the cosmetic indication, but also a lot of diseases which we can treat with laser hair reduction. Now there are a lot of lasers which are available in the market to name a few the technology is used in them is can be ND: YAG or Diode or it can be Alexandrite. We have to choose the type of laser according to the type of skin which we are treating and type of hair follicles that we are treating. Usually, the patients with fair skin and dark coloured hairs respond the best with laser hair reduction. Keeping in mind the increasing nature of hormonal disorders, which is very common because of the lifestyle changes these days, we have to keep in mind the possibility of PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disease) in female patients, especially when we are treating the androgenic dependent areas, just like the face, which is a hormone-dependent area. So in such cases we really need to investigate the patient, the female patient, the young patient comes to us with lot patience here. So we need to carry on certain investigations and we have a proper clinical examination, so we need a medical history, we diagnose it properly, we treat them medically, we also give them laser hair reduction. So usually the combination works up very well, the technology which I prefer the most is the diode technology and the laser which I use in my clinic is called the Lumenis desire, it is one of the best lasers in the world, its the most updated lasers, its the US, FDA approved device, we have two handpieces in it. One is a small handpiece for doing smaller areas, the other one is bigger handpiece, is based on a vacuum technology which sucks the skin. So it brings the hair follicles close to the laser which makes it more effective. Second, based on the gates principal because there is a vacuum Technology you don't feel the pain at all so it's very-very effective very-very comfortable for body areas like underarm or full body so it's really effective. So anybody desiring for a look for long-term hair reduction can opt this laser for assured and of course, there are some other lasers also which we do combine in cases where there is a resistant hair growth. So the body areas like once we have done, we need to actually need to trim the area then we applied in chill the area, then we applied some ice or gel that it works only on the In the smaller handpiece for the face or small areas but for body areas but for body areas we need no icing no gel so there is practically no pain and the patient goes back home happily. In first sitting, itself you begin to see some result, but since, the principle of the laser is that any laser for that matter is that it works only on the angel hair i.e. those hairs which are hard, which are having more melanin. So we target a particular hair follicle cycle and we see some results in the per sitting then in the second the result increases further, the third sitting it increases go on like this. Usually, we advise 6 to 8 session for Laser hair reduction and believe me it helps, made my line much better and my known ones who have also gone under hair reduction, my family, my friends, my patients. They are very happy, very satisfied with the treatment. If you want to know more details you can log on to the website doctorsuruchipurimakeovers.com or you can visit us at our clinic in Janakpuri. Thank you