Hair Removal : Auckland Cosmetic Medicine Clinic - Sapphire Appearance Medicine Clinic

Dr Garsing Wong has written & reviewed articles on hair growth & hair loss. Hair Removal at Auckland Cosmetic Medicine Clinic Ltd - Sapphire uses the most powerful and yet the most comfortable technology to give you superior results.  Dr Garsing Wong, Executive member of the New Zealand College of Appearance Medicine, continues to teach doctors formally on Hair Removal using Intense Pulse Light, as well as other Laser based treatments on behalf of the New Zealand College of Appearance Medicine.

Understanding Hair Removal Procedures

To achieve hair removal, it is necessary not only to destroy the hair but you need to destroy the stem cells that create the hair. There are many ways to achieve this. Dr Garsing Wong believes the most efficient and comfortable way is using the Starlux Intense Pulse Light system which uses sapphire crystals to simultaneously cool the surface of the skin, while delivering high energy light down the shaft of the hair follicle to heat up and destroy the stem cells.

It is important to understand that the hair is only a conduit for the light energy, and the target for successful long lasting hair removal is to destroy the stem cells that make the hair follicle.

At any one time, there are only between 15% to 75% of the hair follicles will have stem cells present. That is why you require repeated treatments to get the desired result. It is important that the hair follicle is not damaged after the light based treatment or this may stimulate further stem cells to repair the follicle.

The Starlux system is suitable for all skin types including Asian and dark skins, and can treat large areas comfortably and quickly. This is an important feature because Asian skin is very easy to damage. If a system cannot cool the surface of the skin adequately, then you can have serious consequences such as post inflammatory hyperpigmentation - leading to unwanted patches of dark skin. That is why you need to choose a good system such as the Starlux, operated by a team with good medical knowledge.

Sapphire Appearance Medicine Clinic - Auckland Cosmetic Medicine Clinic Ltd choose its name to reflect the innovative technology in the leading Intense Pulse Light, Laser, and Fractional Infrared platform. Hair removal at Auckland Cosmetic Medicine Clinic Limited using the Starlux system will give you clinically proven results that are as good as however in Dr Garsing Wong's opinion, better than single-application "gold standard" lasers. We have handpieces that perform permanent hair reduction with increased speed and comfort due to their large spot sizes (meaning you can treat larger areas per single pulse of light), and superior efficacy with the Palomar Starlux patented Photon Recycling and Advance Contact Cooling with the sapphire crystal technology.

MECHANISM OF ACTION

Permanent hair reduction is achieved when the cells responsible for growing new hair are disabled. Pulses of light at specific wavelengths can target the pigment in hair follicles, which absorb the light energy as heat and destroys the stem cells making new hair growth.

Photo of before and after hair removal treatment with the comfortable and effective Palomar Starlux Intense Pulse Light system.

ADVANTAGES

Specific wavelengths of light can target both finer and coarse hair as well as lighter hair, on all skin types. Different spot sizes and concentrations of power can treat large areas of hair as well as smaller areas with speed and comfort, such as underarms and bikini lines.

Even though photos may not be shown, you can rest assure that if you have darkhair and of any skin type, then we can help to rid you of the unwanted dark hair.

Please contact Margaret for a free consultation to see how we can effectively get rid of or reduce unwanted pigmented hair.

Updated 20 February 2012.