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Dr. Crane: Welcome to Atlantic Dermatology. I'm Dr. Crane, a dermatologist with Atlantic
Dermatology, and I'm here to talk about laser hair removal. Many people have unwanted hair.
It could be women having unwanted hair on the face, beard area, upper lip, chin, or
it could be a man, a man with unwanted hair on the back, or such thick facial hair that
they have to shave twice a day. If you have unwanted hair, we're definitely able to treat
it. Often we'll use lasers to treat these areas and the laser technology has come a
long way in the past 10 years. Whether you're light skinned or dark skinned and if you have
brown or black hair growing anywhere you don't want it, it can definitely be treated. The
laser gives a quick burst of energy and that quick burst of energy permanently reduces
the amount of hair and permanently kills off a lot of the follicles, so if it's someone
who has unwanted hair on the upper lip, we might do a treatment every 3 weeks, maybe
a series of 5 or 6 treatments and each time the patient comes in we go across the lip.
It takes 7 or 8 seconds to go across the lip with the laser so it's a really fast treatment.
So after that you end up with a permanent hair reduction. We've had some young women,
who when they go to sleep away camp have to shave every single day. And that's a pretty
tough thing if you're a young woman going to sleep away camp; 12 or 13 year old who's
shaving everyday. One of the neatest things which I love to hear are these same patients
who we treat and then they go away to sleep away camp, and they no longer have to shave.
So that's a huge huge thing for some people. Psychologically, unwanted hair could have
a huge impact. We've had stories where men go out onto the beach, they take off their
shirt, they hear some women behind them laughing at the hair on their back, next thing you
know they put on a shirt and they never take their shirt off at the beach from then on
in. And those same patients will often do a series of laser hair removal treatments,
and the next thing you know, they're out on the beach, they're no longer self conscious
about taking off their shirt, and it could literally change around someone's life. So
if you have unwanted hair, then see your dermatologist.
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