This treatment uses short safe, controlled pulses of filtered light to reduce unwanted hair quickly and effectively. Pulses of red light are absorbed by melanin, the pigment found in hair. This absorption process produces heat, which travels down the hair, affecting the follicle’s ability to regenerate. Hundreds of hair follicles are treated with each pulse, making it a fast and effective way to treat unwanted hair on all areas of the face and body. To effectively destroy the follicles ability to produce another hair, the pulsed light needs to travel down to the dermal papilla (the growth centre). It is the pigment (melanin) in the hair that allows the light to do this, therefore hairs need to be in the growing stage (anagen) and this is why a course of treatments is recommended. Typically a course of 6 treatments is needed, although a reduction will be seen after your first treatment and in most cases a noticeable result is achieved after just three treatments.