New Technology 2010 : Ultrasonic Hair Removal
- How Ultrasonic Hair Removal Works
- Ultrasonic Hair Removal Device - Applisonix
- Comparison Laser Hair Removal & Ultrasonic Hair Removal
Ultrasonic hair removal is a fairly recent method to eliminate unwanted hair in 2010. Up until now, blonds, redheads and people with grey or lighter hair tones couldn't avail of laser treatment simply because lasers cannot detect the pigment in lighter hair. Seen as a breakthrough technology, the Ultrasonic hair removal use pure ultrasound to remove all hair colours permanently and is ideal for removing hair on sensitive or pigmented areas such as eye brows, ears, nose, nipple, upper lip, etc.
How Ultrasonic Hair Removal Works
An ultrasonic head is used to focus the acoustic energy directly into the hair shaft, channeling ultrasound energy precisely to the hair root, where the energy is converted into heat. As a result, the hair root's temperature rapidly exceeds the level that is required to cause long-term damage to the hair's re-growth mechanisms. Since the energy is accurately applied through the hair shaft, the surrounding skin is not affected.
Safety For Ultrasonic Hair Removal
The Ultrasonic Hair Removal Device - Applisonix has CE approval and the Company commenced marketing in 2009. In April 2010, Applisonix Ltd has applied to the US Food and Drug Administration to market the company's Selectif ultrasound depilatory device in the US. However, FDA has not given the results. Ultrasonic hair removal will not result in any kind of blood loss, but the skin may become irritated or inflamed after treatment.
Costs Of Ultrasonic Hair Removal
The numbers of Ultrasonic Hair Removal treatment is more than Laser Hair Removal treatment. Ultrasonic Hair Removal is treated over a course of 6 sessions, with sessions usually spaced six to eight weeks apart and each session taking 30 minutes. However, It is relatively cheap. Basically, the costs of Ultrasonic Hair Removal is half of the laser hair removal treatment.
Laser hair removal general average prices in UK 2011
The Results
Selectif™ is the industry's first clinically proven ultrasound-based hair removal solution. Ultrasonic Hair Removal can complement currently available laser / IPL treatments by offering a solution for all hair colors and skin tones, and for shaping those delicate areas such as eyebrows or bikini line. In controlled clinical studies, Ultrasonic Hair Removal systems achieving 38% hair reduction after the first 2 treatments. And due to the selectiveness of the energy transfer, safety is expected to be significantly better and pain significantly lower.
But anyway, we still expect to FDA can give a definite answer. So that consumer can rest assured to use the new hair removal technology.