What are the types of laser epilation?

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In laser epilation, beam types such as diode (810 nm), alexandrite (755 nm), Nd: YAG (1064), Ruby (694 nm) and IPL (600-1200 nm) are used. All of these beam types have advantages and disadvantages. A good laser epilation center in Turkey should have diode, alexandrite and IPL laser types. Ruby lasers are not a common type on the market. Nd:YAG lasers are used on black people and for bleaching hair. In short, there is no such thing as clear that this laser beam is better and that laser beam is bad. There is a successful and safe epilation according to your needs, and the type of beam to be used for this job varies from person to person. Estefit Safranbolu Beauty and Life Center has diode, alexandrite and IPL laser types.

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After talking about laser beam types, it is necessary to mention cooling systems. Normally laser hair removal without cooling is always a painful procedure. In order to reduce this pain, skin cooling is done with a system in the laser devices themselves or with another device. The cooling in the icing head mentioned in recent years or in the registered trademark Ice Laser (used for Soprana brand devices) is generally based on the principle of cooling the head with liquid. This cooling system is used in diode and IPL devices. These devices are applied by contacting the skin, and the part of the head touching the skin is cooled with liquid. Other types of lasers and some IPL devices use the skin cooling technique by blowing cold air inside the device or from another device.

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A lot is said about IPL lasers. First of all, IPL is not really a laser beam. IPL is intense light. Since laser or IPL devices are generally defined as laser epilation devices in society, we use the expression laser epilation to be clear. Epilation devices used at home are also IPL. The difference between these devices used at home and professional devices is their power and energy. Home devices have lower power and energy than professional devices. IPL devices offer a wide variety. By placing special lenses on IPL devices, it is possible to emit light at the wavelength of diode, alexandrite and Nd:YAG rays. As this lens technology is constantly improving, it has begun to emit light at a clearer wavelength. In this way, they can target the hair without affecting the surrounding skin. Another important point in IPL devices is the power of the IPL light source. If this power is low, epilation success will be low. Since there is no specific standard in IPL devices, IPL devices are generally treated as step children, but successful laser epilation can be performed with a suitable IPL. Statements such as IPL devices make hair go to sleep are valid for low-energy devices. Since these devices cannot apply sufficient energy, the energy cannot be adequately transmitted to the hair follicle, the hair follicle does not receive sufficient damage and the hairs are only smoked. IPL devices are also used by physicians in skin treatments with special lenses. These applications should only be performed by physicians. While the wavelengths are changed with lenses in IPL technology, there are also technologies that enable diode lasers to shoot at alexandrite and Nd:YAG wavelengths by changing the wavelengths of LEDs in diode lasers. Devices with this technology are originally diode lasers. In devices that emit laser beams, there is no need to set too many standards since they have a single wavelength. Our aim here is not to praise IPL lasers, etc., but to state that we do not find it right to completely criticize them. As we mentioned before, a good epilation center in Turkey should also have a state-of-the-art IPL device.

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In short, as a consumer, when choosing a center for laser epilation, pay attention to the availability of different laser types.