How does IPL work?
How it works
- Permanent hair reduction involves the use of a flash of light containing hundreds of wavelengths (IPL).
- Melanin within the hair follicles is targeted, heating and damaging the follicles in an active growth cycle.
- Only hairs that have colour and are in this active cycle can be treated, so white, red, blonde and grey hairs won’t respond.
- Success of the treatment depends on your colouring, with IPL generally working best on fair skin and dark hair.
- Fairer skin and light coloured hair will respond to a lesser degree and those with darker skin can be treated, but only with a great deal of care.
