Laser Hair Removal in Calgary & Chestermere, AB

This depends on your lifestyle. If you can avoid prolonged sun exposure then yes, you can get laser treatments in the summer. If you plan on being outside in the sun without protection (SPF & a hat) then we would recommend that you postpone your treatments until the fall or winter.

Typically no. Our registered nurse/laser technician can assess you to determine whether you are a candidate for laser. Depending on the treatment and the area being treated there are different recommendations but in general, the skin must not be tanned in order to have a laser treatment.

This depends on what type of treatment you are undergoing. BBL treatments are not painful. The halo laser will feel hot and you will experience some pain for about 45-60 minutes after the treatment but then it completely goes away and is quite tolerable. Deep resurfacing laser treatments are painful but our office provides many forms of pain relief including oral, topical and local anesthetic.

Laser hair removal is a long-lasting, semi-permanent solution for unwanted hair. Most people who undergo this treatment do not need a touch-up for at least two years. Some go six years or more before a touch-up treatment is needed. Eventually, hair does grow back but, when it does, it is usually much lighter and finer than it was previously. The density, or the number of hairs, is also much less in regrowth than it was naturally, but this may depend on various factors, including the area that was treated and the coarseness of the natural hair at the time of treatment.

In order to achieve the expected long-lasting results from laser hair removal, it is necessary to see the hair growth cycle through its entirety. To do this may take 6 to 8 sessions for most people. There may be instances in which additional sessions are needed. For example, if the hair is very coarse and does not thin as quickly as hair that is finer. Because every person's hair growth cycle may be slightly different from others, it is difficult to predict exactly how the body will respond to each session. Treatment estimates are made based on data from clinical studies performed over the many years that laser hair removal has been performed. 

The Forever Bare BBL system is not like traditional hair reduction devices. Rather than applying focused energy all at once, our platform is designed with motion technology that delivers low fluence energy in multiple pulses. This raises the temperature in the hair follicles gradually and in a more controlled manner. Additionally, the Forever Bare BBL handpiece features a sapphire plate that continually cools the skin's surface so, even at maximum power, it is protected during and after treatment. These multi-burst and cooling methods have been proven to work safely and effectively on more skin types than were previously possible, including darker skin (up to type V).

It is very likely that you will see immediate hair reduction after your very first Forever Bare BBL treatment. This may not include all hair in the treatment area, and the hair that does shed may start to grow back in between sessions. In the vast majority of cases, the hair that does grow back is much lighter, thinner, and finer than it was before. By the end of the proposed treatment program of 6 to 8 sessions, hair reduction should last for at least two years before fine regrowth is noticed.