The Best Laser Machine for Hair Removal

 

The table comparing our machine Duetto MT EVO by Quanta System with Candela Gentle Series, Lumenis' Lightsheer Duet, Infinity, & Splendor X, Alma Lasers' Soprano Ice, Primelase Excellence, and Elysion:

 

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Why our laser hair removal services are so efficacious and superior?

 

Any superior machines become useless if there's no signs of perifollicular oedema 5-15 min after being hit by light beams and hair doesn't fall out within few weeks post each treatment session.

Any inferior machines can work effectively when hair follicles become inflamed soon after the treatment procedure and hair fall out in 1-2 weeks after each session.

Superior machines can help clients achieve ultimate greater reduction result long-term at the right hand, for instance more than 90% permanent hair reduction, instead of less than 75-80%. Therefore hire the right therapists with the right machines for LHR when majority of your hair is in anagen.

One of the significant factors in achieving optimised result is not only the right machine, but the therapist’s knowledge, experience and understanding of the technology and the machine he or she is working with. Thus, the info found via the following link is super important to achieve the ultimate permanent/long-term result of greater hair reduction. Click here for the link.

Some professionally-claimed machines and many home devices with low powers cannot supply enough energy to damage hair follicles.

For example, a hair dryer with 2200 watts can heat and dry hair much faster & more efficient than a 750-W one.

With a skilled therapist and low power machine, clients will observe good results for the first few treatment sessions and less on subsequent treatment sessions. Thereafter, the results will plateau as it is beyond the machine's capacity to be able to provide any further reductions.

As clients progress with subsequent LHR treatment sessions, their hair becomes finer and lighter and locates shallower, requiring shorter pulse width and concentrated beams of higher fluence (energy) than does initial hair which is denser, thicker, coarser & darker. In order to achieve beyond 80% long-term/permanent hair reduction, ensure the power output of a LHR machine isn't lower than 2000 watts to ensure the machine can perform this.

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Why our laser hair removal machine is better?

Our machine has output power of 8200 watts. It uses crystals Alexandrite and Nd:YAG as its laser sources, emitting both 755 & 1064 nm wavelengths at the same time or separately. Since it is a true laser and not spreading Diode or IPL light, our machine is able to emit more concentrated, higher energy and more efficacious for difficult to treat residual, fine & light hair after multiple LHR sessions that other machines struggle with, thus achieving better & greater hair reduction/removal results.

What makes our machine standing out from the rest?

Our machine is designed to effectively treat not only dark, dense, thick, & coarse hair, but also residual, fine hair that other machines struggle with. A traditional difficulty in LHR has centred around the ability to treat dark skins with fine hair. Our machine is designed to tackle this problem by mixing both wavelengths, such that fine hairs can be treated on all skin colours.

Our machine has been approved by Australian TGA, USA FDA, European EMA and by other regulatory bodies around the world as the medical laser device indicated for long term or permanent hair reduction/removal for all skin colours, Fitzpatrick I-VI.

Why multiple wavelengths are more effective in destroying hair follicles than single wavelength?

Candela Gentle series and Cutera machines can only emit a single wavelength at a time, but our laser machine, Duetto MT EVO by Quanta System, can emit both wavelengths allowing us to treat multiple targets & depths at the same time. 755 nm treats shallower part of hair follicles while 1064 nm treats deeper part.

755 targets dark pigments, such as dark melanins, thus more effective than 1064 nm in destroying hair with light colours.

1064 nm targets oxyhaemoglobin and water in the blood, thus cutting off nutrients and hormones supplies and starving the follicles to death.

 

 

As you progress with subsequent LHR sessions, your hair becomes thinner & shallower. Thus setting parameters must match the characteristic of your hair follicles as you progress with more treatment sessions:

- Wavelength should be shorter for shallower penetration, otherwise it misses the target.

- Pulse duration/width should be shorter, therefore millisecond should be shorter and our machine can be as short as 0.3 ms.

Unlike Pico and Q-Switch are too quick and can only bleach your hair, destroying only dark melanin pigment, but not your hair follicles.

- Fluence, Hz & no of passes should be increased.

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Laser Hair Removal Based On Treatment Time

 

Minimum charge per session is $35 for first 5 minutes, 

then it is  $2.50 per minute

 

 

15% discount is applied for a session of at least 1 hour or longer.

For examples:

$35 for a treatment session of 3 minutes
$35 for a treatment session of 5 minutes
$47.50 for a treatment session of 10 minutes <= [= 35 + (2.5x5)]
$60 for a treatment session of 15 minutes <= [= 35 + (2.5x10)]
$72.50 for a treatment session of 20 minutes <= [= 35 + (2.5x15)]
$97.50 for a treatment session of 30 minutes <= [= 35 + (2.5x25)]
$147 for a treatment session of 1 hour <= [= 35 + (2.5x55)] x .85

$210 for a treatment session of 1 1/2 hours <= [= 35 + (2.5x55) + (2.5x30)] x .85

$274 for a treatment session of 2 hours <= [= 35 + (2.5x55) + (2.5x60)] x .85

$529 for a treatment session of 4 hours <= [= 35 + (2.5x55) + (2.5x180)] x .85

  

 

 

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Laser Hair Removal Based On Area

Why our LHR services cost a bit more than franchised laser clinics?

1. We are very thorough and we spend time to ensure all the areas you purchase are treated efficaciously. 

 

2. Most importantly, we guarantee results.

Other laser clinics provide price match guarantee where they will match their competitors' prices for the same treatments if customers find cheaper prices elsewhere. But we provide guaranteed results for long-term/permanent hair removal or reduction using LHR.

 

You will see significant change since your initial 1st treatment.

 

You may have to spend at least 6 - 8 treatments in other laser clinics and your result might NOT be as great reduction as you can achieve within 4 treatments treated by us.

 

3. Hygiene & Privacy are also ones of our domains.
Each client are appointed around 30 min gap apart for cleaning, disinfection & air refreshing. All direct contact surfaces including staff uniforms, linens, treatment bed covers, door knobs and etc. are disinfected, changed and/or newly washed after each individual client. 

 

 

Minimum charge for Laser Hair Removal is $35 per treatment session.

 

Shaving per session	Starting from $20 or $1 per minute, whatever higher
Area	Price per treatment	Approximate treatment duration
The darker color of your skin, the longer the treatment duration because your skin requires longer pre- & post- cooling when compared to lighter skin color.
Face & Neck:
Hair line or Forehead	$40
Mid brow	$15
Cheeks & Sideburns	$60
Lips (both upper & lower)	$20
Chin	$25
Jaw line	$40
Lips + Chin	$35
Lips + Chin + Jaw line	$60
Beard line (including cheek lines & neck line)	$60
Full Face	$80
Full face + Front neck	$120	1 hour
Neck (Front or Back)	$60
Whole neck including anterior & posterior	$100
Décolletage (whole neck, shoulders, upper back and upper chest)	$140	1 hr or longer
Upper body:
Underarms (including perimeters)	$40	20 minutes or longer
Both shoulders	$70
½ arms	$80
¾ arms	$100
Full arms	$120
Hands & Fingers	$40
Shoulders + Full arms	$135
Full arms, Hands + Fingers	$135	1 hr
Shoulders, Full arms, Hands + Fingers	$150
Chest	$80
Areolas	$35
Abdomen / Stomach	$80
Snail trail / Navel line	$40
Full front (including Chest, Stomach & partially sides of both flanks)	$150	1 hr
Both sides of flanks	$80
½ back	$100
Full back (including partial sides of flanks)	$150	1 – 1 ½ hrs
Full back (including partial sides of flanks) + Shoulders + Beck neck	$200	1 ½ hrs - 2 hrs or longer
Lower body:
Male/Female Bikini line (from front to rear)	$50
Female Brazilian (from front to back, including anus)	$65
Female Brazilian & Perimeter	$80
Female Brazilian, Perimeter + Inner thighs + Inner bottoms	$100	45 min – 1 hr
Male/Female Anus	$40
Male/Female Inner bottoms + Anus	$50
Male/Female Buttocks, Inner bottoms + Anus	$90
Inner thighs	$65 - $80
½ Legs (upper or lower legs) including Knees	$100
Full legs	$150
Knees	$40
Feet & Toes	$40
Toes	$25
Inner thighs + Upper legs + Knees	$140
Inner thighs + Full legs	$180
Inner thighs + Full legs + Toes (with or without feet)	$200	2 hrs
½ Legs + Knees + Toes ½ Legs + Knees + Feet + Toes	$120 $130
Female Full Body	$450	4 – 6 hrs
Male Full Body excluding groin area	$500	4 – 6 hrs
Provided you are good candidate for laser hair removal, you probably require around 4 – 6 treatment sessions within initial 2 years to have more than 80% permanent hair reduction. Initial 1st and 2nd sessions are around 8 weeks apart, then subsequent 3rd - 6th sessions are around 8 weeks to 6 months apart.

Sorry we don't treat male groin areas. But I treat both male & female hair in gluteal areas to treat/prevent pilonidal cysts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is cheaper to have multiple body areas treated per an appointment.

Please contact us for a quote for LHR of multiple areas. For examples:

Area	Price per treatment excluding shaving	Approximate treatment duration
The darker color of your skin, the longer the treatment duration because your skin requires longer pre- & post- cooling when compared to lighter skin color.
Full front + full back + both sides of flank areas + shoulders + whole neck including front & back	$300	2 - 3 hrs or longer
Underarms + From abs down to feet & toes for female	$280	2 ½ hrs
Underarms + From groin to feet & toes for female	$260
Underarms + From groin to ankles for female	$250
Underarms + Brazilian + inner thighs + inner bottoms + anus + lower legs including knees for female	$185
Underarms + Brazilian/groin area (from front to back) for female	$85
Underarms + Brazilian (from front to back) + Perimeter around groin area for female	$100
Underarms + Brazilian (from front to back) + Perimeter + Inner thighs + Inner bottoms + Anus for female	$120 - $150

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Contraindications of Laser Hair Removal

Laser hair removal isn't for everyone.

(The list is not meant to be exhaustive but is a good starting point for issues that are contraindicated for LHR.)

If you have any concern or questions, you are more than welcome to contact us.

• individuals with infectious disease

 

• individuals who can't stay out of the sun

• body dysmorphic disorder

 
• history of skin cancer, such as melanoma

• raised moles, suspicious lesions, hypertrophic/keloid scar formation, healing problems, active infections, open lesions, wounds, open skin, hives, herpetic lesions, cold sores, autoimmune diseases such as lupus, psoriasis, scleroderma or vitiligo

• Individuals with a known history of frequent Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) 1 or 2 lesions should begin prophylaxis prior to treatment as prescribed by their physician. Clients are advised to take the antiviral medications (examples: acyclovir or valacyclovir) at least one day before and continue after each treatment session strictly as directed until you finish the prescription, even if you feel better. If you stop taking medication too soon or skip doses, your infection may not be completely treated or may become more tolerant and difficult to treat.

• Photosensitivity can be induced by your genetic inheritance and/or certain substances.
In the present & in the last 6 months, have you been using the following substances? (Click here to see non-exhaustive list.)
The list are examples of photosensitising/photosensitive substances that can induce photosensitivity and can make your skin sensitive to light including laser light and sunlight.
These substances are some medications, herbals, supplements, vitamins and/or cosmetic products (either via ingestion, topical application, inhalation and/or injection) you are currently using and/or you have been using within the last 6 months.
Exposure to light, these medication may induce hyper-, hypo-pigmentation, dermatitis, blister or burn.
LHR can be performed when clients stay off such medication for at least its 1/2 life or longer when it is out of their body system.
Clients are advised to consult their doctors before stop their medications.
Clients are also advised to stay off such medication 7 days after each light-based therapy.

• Hydroquinone, skin brightener, skin lightening or bleaching agent – Stay off them for at least 7 days prior to and after each LHR due to higher risk of pigmentation complications

• Pregnancy, trying to get pregnant, or during breastfeeding

• Seizure disorders including light-triggered seizures

• Intramuscular gold therapy

• Individuals who r currently taking anticoagulants, blood thinners, iron supplements, herbal supplements such as ginkgo, ginseng or garlic may bruise more readily.

• Individuals with implanted medical devices such as Pacemakers, cardioverters, and other implantable devices or fillers, please consult your physician.

• Inflamed skin, injured skin, wounds => You can have LHR after these areas healed.

• Do not apply any irritants to your treated area, such as any products containing benzoyl peroxide, glycolic/salicylic acids, AHA, alcohols, witch hazel, astringents, vitamin A and its derivatives, such as retinoids (like over-the-counter retinol and prescribed stronger tretinoin (Retin A), Tazorac, or etc. for at least 7 days before and after the LHR treatment.

• Here, we do NOT treat clients with recently tanned skin or fake tan. Blisters, burns, hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation may occur. Allow tan to fade prior to treatment. When in doubt, compare treatment area with limited sun exposure area such as your bum

Natural tanning or artificial tanning products darken the surface of the skin. When the surface of the skin darkens, more laser energy will be absorbed by the skin's surface rather than by the hair - our main target. When too much light energy is absorbed at the skin surface, not only it posts higher risk for burn, but also less result in hair reduction.

Other places can treat tan skin because they use low settings to lower risks of over treatments such as burn. But this will ruin clients' ultimate results to have the uttermost hair reduction in the long run.

• For clients with sensitive skin and histamine, or have a history of allergy, hay fever, asthma, eczema, prolonged erythema or edema, taking oral anti-histamine 1 hours before & 48-72 hrs after laser treatment is optionally recommended. Prescribed topical corticosteroids may also be another option. Click here for possible adverse effects of corticosteroid creams.

• For optimal hair removal results, wait around 6 - 8 weeks (not earlier and not later) after waxing, plucking, threading, epilation cream or other methods that affect or disturb hair underneath the skin, before having LHR.

• Between each LHR session => NO waxing, plucking, threading, epilation cream and/or other methods that affect or disturb hair underneath the skin => No No No

• After you finish course of multiple laser sessions, NO waxing, plucking, threading, epilation cream or other methods that affect or disturb hair underneath the skin => No No No

• Avoid any heating devices including LHR 2 weeks prior to or after Botox.

• Avoid laser treatments at least 2-4 weeks or longer prior to or after filler. Consult with your provider for their specific recommendations.

Electrolysis is the only solution for permanent hair removal for individuals with the following cases:
• blond, red, grey and white hair
• sparse, thin hairs or individual/isolated/patchy coarse hair
• tattooed sites & permanent makeup
• cold sensitivity including Raynaud phenomenon

Please inform us of any changes of your health condition, medications,

pregnancy &/or breastfeeding
when booking and before start each session.

This includes any changes of herbals, supplements, vitamins, substances, and prescribed & over-the-counter medications,
ingested, topical, injected, inhaled and etc.

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Contraindications of Electrolysis Treatments

 

Electrolysis treatments aren't for everyone.

(The list is not meant to be exhaustive but is a good starting point for issues that are contraindicated for electrolysis treatments.)

Any concern, please contact us before booking.

-- Body dysmorphic disorder

 

-- People with the following health conditions must avoid Electrolysis treatments: active skin disease, implanted pacemakers, other electronic implants, lack of skin/temperature sensation, hypertrophic/keloid scarring, history of skin cancer, during hormonal therapy or any infectious diseases.

 

-- individuals with infectious disease

 

-- Individuals with a known history of frequent Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) 1 or 2 lesions should begin prophylaxis prior to treatment as prescribed by their physician. Clients are advised to take the antiviral medications (examples: acyclovir or valacyclovir) at least one day before and continue after each treatment session strictly as directed until you finish the prescription, even if you feel better. If you stop taking medication too soon or skip doses, your infection may not be completely treated or may become more tolerant and difficult to treat.

 

-- Other heat-stimulated diseases

-- Stop using topical products containing, benzoyl peroxide, glycolic/salicylic acids, AHA, alcohols, witch hazel, astringents, vitamin A and its derivatives, such as retinoids (ex: over-the-counter retinol and prescribed stronger tretinoin (Retin A), Tazorac, or etc. for at least 1 week before and after electrolysis treatment.

Discontinue isotretinoin (Accutane) for at least 6 months prior to electrolysis.

-- A certificate from your doctor is required before commencing Electrolysis treatment when you have suffered from at least one of the following health conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, epilepsy, moles in area to be treated, metal implants in body (eg birth control IUD, metal staples in the chest, screws, pins or plates to repair broken bones or etc.), haemophilia, pregnancy, trying to conceive, during breastfeeding, on blood thinning medications or recovering from a recent operation (less than 6 months).

-- A certificate from your doctor is required before I can remove hair from your moles or pigment-producing skin cells to prove that you have had those areas checked and they are not cancerous. The needle used for removing hair from moles or pigment-producing areas, such as red and brown spots as for examples, should NOT be used elsewhere for normal skin areas to prevent cross contamination/metastasis.

-- Tattoos must be at least 6 months old before the electrolysis treatment can begin in such area.

*** Please inform us of pregnancy, breastfeeding, any other changes of your health condition and medications when booking & before starting each treatment session. ***

 

 

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Light from My Understanding

Please note this topic is explained from my own understanding, thus some info in this topic could be incorrect. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

 

 https://youtu.be/Iuv6hY6zsd0

 

As seen on the above video at Minute 3:35, 5:05 and 5:30, similar to water which is made of molecules/particles that can acts as waves, light is also made up of particles that can acts as waves. Remember we can only see visible part of EM spectrum using our bare eyes. What is light made up of? Many things can create light (light sources)!

(I disagree with Minute 4:15 of the video because the steam/flow of visible and invisible light, not just single light particle, are let into the double slit box.)

Applying the discontinuous theory of matter in which nearly everything is made up of atoms, and

atoms are made up of electrons and quarks.
 

Electrons occupy a space that surrounds an atom's nucleus.

Quarks make up protons and neutrons, which, in turn, make up an atom's nucleus.
In other words, protons and neutrons are made of even smaller particles called quarks.

 

What is light made up of? Click here for examples of proposed answers

It is believed that electrons and quarks are elementary particles. That means they aren’t made up of anything else. Are they!

Electromagnetic (EM)  Spectrum

Visible light have a wavelength from 400 nanometers to 700 nanometers, depending on the color. In contrast, atoms have a width of about 0.2 nanometers. This is why you can't see individual atoms using an optical microscope because visible light are too big to pass through/among them.

 

However, the shorter wavelengths, such as X-rays and ultraviolet light can pass among/through atoms because they are smaller, allowing theorists and scientists to get a glimpse of the atomic world. Please note that we can't see this part / these parts of EM spectrum.

Thus certain lights whose sizes (aka wavelengths) are smaller than atoms can pass through/among atoms because these lights are smaller.

 

 

Electrons are particles and can act like waves, just like water making up a lake as seen on the VDO above.

 

 

Examples of the properties of light: reflection, refraction, dispersion, scattering, absorption, interference, diffraction, polarisation

 

 

Examples of confused terms:

light = particles that act as waves (just like water in the lake as seen on the VDO)

wave = radiation = energy =>  They are the same thing in different contexts. For example, the energy carried by electromagnetic wave/radiation/light is proportional to the frequency of the wave. 

With the reference to the image of EM spectrum above, the smaller the particle size/wavelength, the higher the frequency, and the higher the energy.

Only two frequencies 13.56 and 27.12 MHz (megahertz) are permitted in electrology. Click here for more discussion regarding radio frequencies used in electrology.

With reference to EM spectrum, when u r talking about light, you are also talking about colours. Remember! we can see only visible part of EM spectrum. So, what are colours of other invisible part of EM spectrum as seen by other animals if they can perceive them?

 

colour = wavelength => They are the same thing in different contexts. Each colour has different wavelength, whose particle size is different. Since different sizes/wavelengths carry different energy, different colours carry different energy.

Intensity is measured in units of energy over the area and time. In other words, it's the amount of energy that is carried over a certain area in a certain amount of time.
 

When talking about sound/radio waves, we describe different levels of intensity using the decibel scale, as a measure of volume. The volume is the perception of loudness from the intensity of a sound wave. The higher the intensity of a sound, the louder it is perceived in our ears, and the higher volume it has. Since intensity is a function of energy, and energy is related to amplitude, then we can make the conclusion that the volume of a sound is proportional to the amplitude of the sound wave.

 

In optics, we describe different levels of intensity using the term, fluence. The fluence of a laser pulse is the energy delivered per unit area, J / cm2 (joules per square centimeter).

 

 

My debate on double slit experiment:

Why did they compare behaviour of light with sand in the double slit experiment? Does sand behave like water in the lake as seen in the video? Isn't the concept of fluidity applied to sand, but water? When sand can act as waves? In which situations? What does it take to cause sand to act as waves, which factors? I believe factors to cause light and sand to act as waves are different, aren't they?

The VDO comparing double slit experiment of light with water is more easily understandable than the one using sand.

If light are particles that act as waves:

Just like one water compound/molecule are made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom, if visible light are made of particles, where these particles locate in OUR periodic table?

Is/Are visible light(s) gas, liquid or solid at our room temperature?

 

Other topics:

-- Laser Hair Removal (LHR)

-- Electromagnetic Waves: Link I and Link II

-- Wavelength vs Frequency