Laser Hair Removal: Infographic
There are many reasons why people may want laser hair removal and they might be medical or they might be personal, but did you know that not everyone can actually have it done? I personally have to admit I hadn’t thought about what may or may not allow you to have a treatment such as this. So I was interested to check out an infographic, which goes into details about why and when you may not be able to have laser hair removal.
Personally I’ve often wondered about having it done, partly as well, shaving is an utter pain and secondly I still have some hang up from my past. While when I look in a mirror I can see I don’t have a moustache, having been told over and over I did for so long has had a lasting effect on me.
This particular infographic was put together by the ProSkin Clinic, a company who specialise in laser treatments, such as hair removal and tattoo removal.
I was interested to see that 17% of laser hair removal patients were male; to me this seemed higher than I had expected. For some reason I assumed it was a practice that was completely dominated by women, bar perhaps the odd 2 or 3 percent.
When it came to hair colours dictating if you could have laser hair removal or not, it did actually surprise me at first. However, once I thought about it, it actually started to make sense, especially when it came to lighter hair colours.
I was also surprised to see that both sunbeds and fake tan has to be avoided in the weeks leading up to having laser hair removal, however sadly I wasn’t surprised to see on average women spend over £7,000 on hair removal over their lifetime. After all razors alone are expensive and that’s without adding in the costs of waxing and plucking from the local salon (I am awful at doing my own eyebrows).
What do you think of this infographic, does any of the information surprise you?
*This is a collaborative post.
Very interesting, I hadn’t really looked into this much before – Thank you for sharing!
What a great graphic! I’ve considered getting laser hair removal many times over the past few years. It’s really expensive though.
Great tips and things to know if you are considering this!
This was very helpful as I do not know a lot about laser hair removal. I didn’t know all the factors like age and hair color that play a role in it.
I would so like to give laser hair removal a try. The costs keep putting me off 🙁
ahh no way I didn’t realise I couldn’t get hair removal with light blonde hair that’s my face & legs out of the picture then!
I’ve known women to have their underarm hair surgically removed so they didn’t have to shave anymore. I’m not sure its worth the money for me to do it, when it takes seconds in the shower to shave that area.
There is some really interesting points there I have been considering laser treatment for upper lip but can’t pluck up the courage to do it.
I never realised it is unsuitable for so many people, lucky I am totally suitable, I would love to have it done one day it’s up there with laser eye surgery.