AD | Evolution has helped the human body to go through a lot of changes over the millennia but some things never change.
For instance, unwanted body hair. Your body hair would have played a vital role if you were still living in a cave and eating raw meat. Your body hair would have provided you with insulation during the harsh winters and kept you dry by keeping most of the moisture away from your skin when it rained.
These days, the hair on your skin hardly does anything productive apart from trapping excess heat and moisture thereby giving rise to foul body odour. This is one of the many reasons why, both men and women these days, choose to get rid of their body hair using a plethora of unwanted hair removal techniques such as LASER body hair removal.
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What is Laser Hair Removal?
A high-intensity LASER beam emanating from a special wand-like instrument attached to a piece of equipment meant for cosmetic LASER body hair removal technique will be aimed and fired for short intervals at the target areas of your skin from where you want smooth body hair-free skin.
When the LASER beam hits the target areas, it reaches the hair follicle beneath your skin that is responsible for creating the body hair strands. As soon as the LASER beam hits the hair follicle, it will be rendered inactive for a long time.
Why shouldn’t you hit the gym after your LASER body hair removal treatment session?
There are plenty of reasons why you should avoid hitting the gym after you received your LASER hair removal treatment.
For instance, as per the opinion of the lead dermatologist associated with a premiere skin clinic in the UK, you would need to avoid taking hot showers or participate in any strenuous activities for at least twenty-four hours after the treatment session. Why?
Well, during your treatment session, your skin has already been subjected to the intense heat of the LASER beam which will obviously lead to some degree of redness and swelling around the hair follicles in the target areas.
While these effects are temporary, things can go very wrong if the target areas are subjected to further sources of heat like:
- Sunlight
- Tanning booths
- A trip to the beach or
- Friction from your gym clothes when you are at the gym.
Things can get further downhill from here if the treated areas in your skin are being subjected to your sweat. You see, sweat not only contains a lot of waste products and salt, but it also contains bacteria which can worsen the condition of your treated skin thereby leading to skin infections.
Hence, to keep all of these at bay avoid hitting the gym for at least a day after you have had your LASER unwanted hair removal treatment.
Conclusion
LASER hair removal is a tried, tested and safe body hair removal technique that has time and again delivered commendable results but there is a catch – you will only see advertised results when you choose to get this treatment from a revered skin clinic that has the best talent as its workforce. Hence, exercise caution while choosing a skin clinic that offers LASER body hair removal treatment.
Have any of you had laser hair removal? Or been tempted to give it a go?
Until next time,
Sophie
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