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What causes excess hair?

Hair grows in cycles and many factors influence your hair growth. Age, ethnicity, medication, hormone levels and body size determines the length, coarseness and colour of your body hair.

How much hair you have determines how many hairs are active and how long it will grow for. 90% of hair on your head can be active at anyone time with only 10% dormant, with cycles of up to 7 years, resulting in longer hair. The hair on your arms has only 70% of its hairs active with a growing time of only 1-3 months resulting in much shorter hair.

How to remove unwanted hair

The simplest method of hair removal is to shave; problem being it doesn't reduce the coarseness, thickness or growth cycle and requires commitment. Plucking is tedious, painful and impractical for larger areas. Waxing is similar to plucking; it can be performed on a larger scale but can cause inflammation and discomfort.

Until recently, electrolysis has been the only permanent solution but it only removes one hair at a time, is extremely time consuming and requires many visits to the salon. IPL is the latest in hair removal technology that is revolutionising the beauty industry.