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Skin assessment
We establish your skin type and any pigment history. This determines wavelength and settings, and it is the step that prevents burns.
Medical grade laser, with settings chosen for your skin type rather than a single setting used on everybody. A course, not a session.
The question that matters is not which laser, it is which settings for your skin. That is a clinical decision, and it is where most poor results come from.
Laser hair removal targets pigment in the hair follicle, heating it enough to disable future growth. It works on hair in its active growth phase, which is why it takes a course: at any one time only a portion of your follicles are in that phase.
Skin type matters more than most clinics admit. The right wavelength and settings for fair skin are not the right ones for deeper skin tones, and getting that wrong causes burns or pigment change. Being assessed by a dermatology led team is the point of having this done here.
What it treats
And a few things they do not. If your concern is not here, the consultation is where we work out what would actually help.
Laser and EnergyFine work, shorter sessions, and the area where settings need the most care.
Quick, well tolerated, and one of the most satisfying areas to treat.
Longer sessions, dramatic results, and the area people most often wish they had started sooner.
Common, straightforward, and treated with the same clinical care as anywhere else.
Frequently requested by men, and usually a shorter course than expected.
A genuinely medical reason for treatment, and often the one that matters most.
How it works
Four steps, in this order. Nothing is treated until it has been assessed, and nothing is repeated until it has been reviewed.
We establish your skin type and any pigment history. This determines wavelength and settings, and it is the step that prevents burns.
Results
Mild redness and a warm feeling, like sunburn, for a few hours. No downtime and you can return to normal activity immediately.
Treated hairs shed. This looks like regrowth and is not. It is the follicle releasing the hair.
New follicles enter the growth phase and become treatable. This is why the interval exists.
Most people see a large permanent reduction rather than total removal. Occasional maintenance keeps it there.
Before and after
Photographs of our own patients in Mississauga, unretouched and shown in the same light. Results differ between patients and none of these is a promise of your own outcome.
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Unwanted facial hair, jaw and chin
Unwanted hair, sideburn and cheek
When we say no
We do not treat in these situations, and we will say so in the consultation, which you are not charged for.
Questions
Six to eight for most areas, spaced four to eight weeks apart. Coarser hair often needs fewer, finer hair more.
It gives permanent reduction rather than permanent removal. Most people keep a large proportion of the result indefinitely with occasional maintenance.
Yes, with the right wavelength and settings. That is precisely why the skin assessment matters and why a patch test is not optional here.
A brief snap per pulse, with cooling. Most areas are very tolerable. The upper lip and bikini are the most sensitive.
Yes, shaving is fine and in fact required before each session. Do not wax, pluck or thread, as the laser needs the follicle intact.
Because settings that are safe on one skin type burn another. Any clinic willing to treat you in full without one is taking a risk with your skin.
Related treatments
CO2 Laser ResurfacingThe most powerful resurfacing we offer, and the one with real downtime.
Laser GenesisA gentle, cumulative laser for redness, texture and pore appearance.
Pulse Dye LaserA targeted vascular laser for visible vessels, rosacea and birthmarks.
Alexandrite LaserA 755 nm wavelength, well suited to hair reduction on lighter skin and to certain pigmented lesions.
Vein TreatmentLaser treatment for visible facial and leg veins.
UltherapyFocused ultrasound that lifts from beneath the skin rather than resurfacing it.Mississauga, Ontario
A physician led plan for your skin. Know what you are treating before you treat it, with straight answers about what will work, what will not, and what can wait.
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