IPL hair removal is a permanent form of hair removal by light. IPL stands for Intense Pulsed Light for short and may be the successor of permanent hair removal by laser. How hair removal using the new method IPL works, what advantages and disadvantages it brings and whether the method keeps its promises, now follows in a short overview.

IPL Hair Removal – Hairs off in no time
The IPL hair removal is similar to the laser method based on the physical law that light energy is converted into heat energy. However, IPL uses more light spectra than a laser. This small but decisive difference ensures that treatment with IPL can treat a much larger area than with a laser. During treatment, a flash lamp is used to irradiate the hair roots, which then become desolate in the course of time. In a period of three to a maximum of 20 days, then the desolate hair completely.
But even with this method, there is a restriction: The desolation of the hair using the IPL hair removal is successful only in the growth phase of the hair. However, hair is usually not in the growth phase at the same time, so only 20 to 30 percent of the hair can be removed when treated with IPL. Depending on your body region and individual hair and skin types, multiple sessions may be required, and up to eight sessions a week may be necessary for thorough and permanent hair removal.

The advantages and disadvantages of IPL hair removal
A hair removal treatment with IPL has the great advantage that the treatment is almost painless. Treated patients report only a light touch during the treatment. Furthermore, the hair removal is permanent. The hair follicles, which become desolate in the course of the treatment, can no longer recover and therefore no longer regrow. In addition, the method can be applied to any body site indefinitely.
Besides these almost unbeatable advantages of IPL hair removal Potential users of IPL treatment must also be aware of the disadvantages that this form of hair removal can bring. For example, white or very blonde, red or gray hairs are not suitable for the application of this method because they lack the melanin in the hair to be removed. In very dark skin, hair may not be removed because it will not lift off the skin and cause irreparable damage to the skin during IPL treatment. Therefore, prior to IPL treatment, it is strongly advised to have the hair and skin type determined and to determine any consequences in order to assess whether or not this procedure is suitable for hair removal. In addition, you should be aware of the high costs and the intensive, time-consuming. Depending on the size of the job, the sessions can take up to 2 hours and cost up to 300 Euros. In order to avoid these high costs and to obtain a more flexible time margin, there are also IPL home appliances with which such a treatment can be carried out at home.