You will be shown to a private laser hair removal treatment room and allowed time to undress if needed for access to the treatment area. Your Certified Laser Hair Removal Professional, or CLHRP, will knock before returning to the room.
The CLHRP will explain what is happening and what they are going to do during your procedure. You and your CLHRP will wear safety glasses to protect your eyes. The CLHRP will use a small handpiece that touches your skin to deliver the laser pulse.
You will feel cool air on your skin throughout the session. Lasers deliver an intense beam of light that is absorbed by pigment in the hair. That light converts to heat and targets the follicle while treatment settings and cooling help protect the surrounding skin.
Hair in the active growth phase is most affected because it contains the melanin targeted by the laser.
The laser does not break the skin, and there are no needles or blood. Athens uses Cynosure Elite laser machines with a cooling device that blows cold air onto the skin for comfort. Clients often compare the feeling to an elastic band snapping against the skin, but individual pain thresholds vary.