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Hair looks attractive in human body but unwanted hairs or furs become menace when it grows unneeded. Conventional hair removing techniques like Waxing, Shaving and Plucking are tedious, time consuming, often painful and only give the temporary result.

The new but advance and efficient hair removing technologies like IPL and Laser hair removal have brought a tremendous new change in the way hair is removed for long lasting result.

Whichever you choose, IPL or Laser Hair removal, both of them have its own specialties and drawbacks.

 

Working Principle:-

The main difference between IPL and Laser hair removal technology is their working principle.

IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) is very efficient hair removal technology which used the high intensity light with multiple wavelengths to remove hairs from the hair follicle.The working principle of IPL is that the high intensity light generated by flash lamp of IPL device is absorbed by the melanin inside the skin and heat generated inside it helps to destroy and take out the hair from the root underneath the skin. Laser hair

removal uses the laser of an invisible light beam which generates the heat to destroy the root of the hair injuring the hair follicle.

 

 

Suitable skin and hair types:-

Based upon your skin and hair types you can decide whether IPL or Laser hair removal which one is better for your skin type for the effective and favorable result.

Dermatologists suggest that IPL or Laser hair removal is ideal for fair skin complexion with the dark hairs.

As heat is more absorbed by the dark materials dark hair can be easily affected with the heat to remove it from hair follicle.

If the skin is too dark then skin can be affected with burns and other skin problems like scabs, blisters and scars.

IPL is not recommended to people from Asia and Africa with black skin complexion. Latest and advance Laser technology is capable of treating dark skin but still it is not recommended strongly.

 

Comparative costs:-

The initial costs of the both hair removal technologies are pretty expensive than waxing, shaving like temporary methods but in a long term after the permanent hair reduction these treatments save money and time. Laser hair removal technology is cheaper in comparison to IPL hair removal.

The charge of the treatment is irrespective to places you get the treatment and the parts of the body.

The Laser hair removal or IPL treatment in Upper lip is cheaper than in Legs. Likewise, using home based devices for these treatments are

considerably cheaper than getting treatment done in clinic and saunas.

 

Better Performance:-

IPL claims to give the faster result among all other hair removal technologies. IPL uses the broad light spectrum which deals with multiple hairs at a time covering more areas unlike Laser hair removal technology, which used single light wavelength and deals with single hair at a time. Beside that for the long term effective result, IPL or Laser hair removal both requires multiple treatment sessions in the gap of weeks or months.

 

Post treatment side effects:-

Even though the painful experience is inevitable with either IPL or Laser hair removal, IPL is considered less painful than Laser Hair removal during treatment time. Some of the common side effects in both IPL and Laser hair removal are scabs, blisters and burns. These are short term effects and always get healed in no time.

 

Both of these technologies have been widely accepted by the people around the world and have been successful as well. You are the boss to make the smart favorable decision to opt any one either IPL or Laser hair removal treatment.