Laser hair removal works by sending a beam of laser light to a group of hair follicles with enough power to disable or destroy the root, but not enough power to harm the surrounding skin. This process is called selective photothermolysis, because it targets only the hair and not the skin. The surrounding skin is usually cooled with a gel, a spray, or a cooling tip.
The laser beam finds the hair follicles by targeting the substance that gives skin and hair dark color - melanin. Therefore, the ideal candidate for laser hair removal has dark hair and light skin. The laser will not work on people with red, white, gray or true blond hair. The hot laser light will also be attracted to the melanin in the skin, so people with suntans, or dark skin types are at more of a risk for discoloration of pigment and other side effects.
Laser only destroys hair in its active growth phase, the anagen phase. This phase lasts several years, and up to 85% of our hair is in that phase at any given time. The good thing is that during this phase, the hair has an abundance of melanin and the hair follicle is easily targeted.
There are four different kinds of laser light that are commonly used for hair removal:
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Joseph Pober, MD
"New York's top Park Avenue plastic surgeon" according to Hampton Magazine, Dr. Joseph Pober has been the choice of many celebrities and is frequently asked to discuss his work in professional textbooks and lectures as well as with the media. His innovative skills and natural looking results have made Dr. Pober world renowned for his cosmetic surgical procedures for enhancement of the face, eyes, nose, chin, neck, lips, and the breast as well as his techniques for the body contouring (liposculpture).
Joseph Michael Pober, MD, FACS is a summa cum laude graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Medical School. At Harvard University, he was specially distinguished by being chosen to simultaneously attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Graduate School. He then trained in both general surgery and plastic surgery at The New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center.
After serving as Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery at the New York Hospital - Cornell Center, he completed two Fellowships: he subspecialized in cosmetic surgery with Dr. Thomas Rees at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital of The NYU Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; he further sub specialized in facial sculpting Craniomaxillofacial Surgery with Dr. S. Anthony Wolfe at the University of Miami.
Currently, in addition to his private aesthetic practice, he is on the teaching faculty in Plastic Surgery at the State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center and is on the attending staff of Columbia University's teaching hospitals, St. Luke's Hospital and Roosevelt Hospital, among others.
He is a member of many regional and national medical societies, including the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Pober is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Pober shares many of his techniques with other plastic surgeons by describing them in professional textbooks, such as the Textbook of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Reconstructive Surgery, 2nd Edition, where he discusses the latest cosmetic procedures for face, neck and brow.
His lipocontouring techniques for the face and body were presented for teaching purposes in another textbook, Perspectives in Plastic Surgery. Dr. Pober has been invited to discuss his most advanced techniques of facial and body sculpting in the "Ultimate Plastic Surgery Symposium" in order to help spearhead plastic surgery into the 21st century. In addition to his textbook chapters, Dr. Pober's skills have been recognized in numerous magazines and highlighted on many television and radio shows.
Currently, this Harvard-MIT graduate is leading advances in many areas of cosmetic surgery and is constantly looking to the future. For example, he is currently studying the induction of new bones growth with researchers in Europe. This is a more natural approach to enhance facial features such as the chin, jawline & malar regions. This is destined to replace facial implants of silicone or other currently used materials such as hydroxyapatite.
Why choose Dr. Pober for your personal cosmetic surgery? Mirabella, magazine offers their reasons...
