Smooth Operator

Posted: Friday 19 November 2010 12:44pm

As you age, hair seems to spring up in all the wrong places. Instead of sprouting on your head – or even on the chest for males – you may find bristly hairs on your chin or upper lip, or other softer hair all over your cheeks.

Many men discover that unsightly hair is growing in their nose or ears. They may even get hair on their back, shoulders or necks.

Up until now, the choices for this type of hair removal have been slim. Many people try shaving, plucking, depilatories, even male grooming kits and scissors. The results are unsatisfactory and short-lived.

The use of lasers for hair removal is very effective if you have dark hair and fair skin, but if your hair is white, grey, blonde, strawberry or red, it’s useless.

But now this hard-to-treat hair colour type can be handled with Equipmed’s SelectIF – the first clinically proven ultrasonic hair removal solution. Ultrasound waves are channeled through the hair shaft, and in the process they transform to thermal energy that superheats hair growth regions and inhibits regrowth.

Any hair colour and skin tone can be treated, and sensitive areas such as bikini lines, upper lips, face, nostrils and ears can be defuzzed.

Says Trish Conda, Clinic and Equipment Specialist of Equipmed, the treatment is pain-free and is great for people who “can’t stand the pain of electrolysis”.

She says SelectIF primarily treats smaller areas, as well as persistent hormonal hairs, and is the perfect complement to IPL or laser system that may treat bigger areas on fair skin with darker hair.

“It does what they can’t do,” says trish. “It grabs hair individually at a rate of about 200 to 300 per minute.”

Hair must be 3mm to 4mm long and treatment time is anywhere from 15 to 60 minutes. Just like IPL, you need to have multiple treatments to get results, and should do this every three to four weeks. Cost is about $75 per 15 minutes.

For details phone Equipmed on (02) 9889 3636.

by Kate Mahon

Comments (1) Print Send to friend Share or bookmark this page