The Soprano Hair Laser Hair Removal system is making waves thanks to its in-built cooling technology, which offers a practically pain-free hair removal treatment that can permanently reduce your hair growth by up to 80%.

If you’re thinking about Soprano hair removal, here’s ten things you may not know but probably should:

1. You should have a patch test

Before you have laser hair removal with any system, you should be offered an initial consultation at your clinic of choice, as well as a patch test at some point before your treatment takes place.

A patch test is laser hair removal that it carried out on a small area of your skin to see how your skin reacts. Soprano hair removal has an excellent safety records, with no burns or bad reactions being associated with the treatment to date. Your laser hair removal can take place 24 hours after your patch test.

2. Your hair will keep growing for a couple of weeks after your treatment

You will probably find that your hair continues to grow for a couple of weeks after your treatment. You can still shave the hair as usual but you shouldn’t pluck, wax or epilate the hair. After a couple of weeks the hair will start shedding and falling out.

3. You will need several treatments

Laser hair removal works by transferring heat to your hair follicles and killing those in their active growth stage. What you may not know is that every hair goes through a cycle of three stages: the active (anagen) phase, a shedding (catagen) phase, and a resting (telogen) phase. Different hairs are at different stages of the cycle, which is your body’s way of ensuring that you don’t shed all of your hair in one go.

You will need several Soprano hair removal treatments – typically six weeks apart – so that your aesthetician can laser as many active hair follicles as possible to give you the best reduction in hair growth and density. Approximately 20% of the hair in a treated area is killed at every session.

4. Laser hair removal stops in-growing hairs

One of the many benefits of laser hair removal is that it stops in-growing hairs. In-growing hairs tend to be caused by curling hairs that twist and grow back into the skin. After lasering with Soprano hair removal, even the remaining hair around your bikini line should grow straight up rather than curling back and causing unattractive and painful in-growing hair bumps.

5. The Soprano hair removal system uses cutting-edge cooling technology

The Soprano hair removal system uses in-built cooling technology to cool your skin as the laser moves over it. While other laser hair removal systems can create a sensation akin to lots of rubber bands snapping against your skin, most people say that their skin just feels slightly warm with Soprano hair removal, and that there’s occasionally the feeling of one or two hairs being plucked. Most people agree that this system is pretty close to pain-free, and for some it’s pain-free altogether.

6. Soprano hair removal can be used on all skin colours

Another benefit of Soprano laser hair removal is that it is FDA-approved for all skin colours, including tanned skin and dark skin tones, whereas many other hair removal systems only work well on fair skin. Laser hair removal does need your hair to have some pigmentation/melanin, so you may not be a suitable candidate if you have white, grey or very blonde hair.

7. Your skin may look smoother after treatment

After a course of Soprano hair removal treatments many people find that their skin looks smoother. This is because, when you shave your legs, for example, there is still hair growing under and near the surface of the skin that can affect the texture. Once you’ve had laser hair removal, the fact that there are less active hair follicles means your skin may look and feel better than pre-treatment.

To book a complimentary consultation to find out more about Soprano hair removal in North London at Aesthetics Lab, simply fill out our contact form or call us on 020 7722 5872.