If you are looking for a way to remove unwanted hair where it will never grow back you don’t have to look far. There are really only two types of permanent hair removal methods: Electrolysis and Laser/IPL Hair removal.

These methods are not perfect (no method is) but at least they offer a solution if you can afford the time and the money for them.

Laser or IPL hair removal involves treating the hair with beams of high intensity light. This targets the color pigment in the hair and aims to damage the hair badly enough right down to the follicle so that it will not grow back. It has to make sure that the hair is treated with sufficient power while the surrounding skin is left undamaged however so it is a tricky process. And it means that laser hair removal is much less effective for those with light hair (such as blond, gray or red) or dark skin.

In electrolysis, each hair is treated with a current of electricity by inserting a probe near the base of the hair. The process has the same aim of damaging the hair follicle to such an extent that the hair does not grow back.

When comparing the two methods, laser hair removal is faster than electrolysis as several hairs can be treated at one time whereas with electrolysis each hair has to be treated individually. With electrolysis however you have a proven method of permanent hair removal and with laser hair removal just a proven method of hair reduction which can be significant if you want to be sure no hair will grow back.

The best thing is to use electrolysis for the smaller areas of the body such as the face and try laser hair removal for a larger area such as the legs to give the best combination of time required and effectiveness.

Getting your eyebrows tattooed is pretty much the same procedure you would go through to get a tattoo on any other part of your body. All the tools used by your chosen artist will be the same with the gun, needles and iron oxide ink being used to permanently mark your skin.

Getting your work done is little more inconvenient tan going to the dentist for a check up with a local anesthetic being used to ensure you feel as little discomfort as possible, its certainly nothing that you will need to be apprehensive about. You can have your eyebrow tattoo work carried out by a aesthetician who will work in very sanitary conditions in a clinical setting, or you can opt to go with a regular tattoo artist who will likely offer a more interesting experience. Which option you choose is done to personal preference and each should be able to do the job just as well if you select a reputable shop.

Whichever you use make sure they use disposable needles which are changed for each client for sanitary reason, to prevent infection. You will probably be able to tell just by looking at most places if they are up to scratch, but is doesn’t hurt to ask just to make sure. The biggest risk you are taking by getting tattoed eyebrows is with the fact you won’t it done the way you want it so its very important to see past work of your chosen artist. Someone who is just learning the art is not a good idea so look for someone with the required experience.

Keep in mind that if you are a diabetic then you will be prone to heal more slowly from such a permanent makeup procedure and this throws up the possibility of scarring, you will want to discuss this with a professional. If you are a perfectly healthy woman then you will be happy to hear that in the vast majority of cases the procedure is completed without a hitch.

IPL hair removal is an effective treatment to remove unwanted hair. IPL stands for Intense Pulsed Light, since the treatment uses light energy converted into heat. The heat damages the cells in the hair follicles so the hair fells and can’t grow anymore from that follicle.

During the process the skin in not harmed, occasionally swelling or a little discomfort may occur. The treatment can be permanent or semi-permanent, depending on several factors: the hair, the skin, the doctor who performs it, the machine used to perform it and how often it is performed. IPL hair removal does not work with red, gray or white hair. In fact, the perfect candidate for IPL hair removal are white skinned people with dark hair.

IPL hair removal is often confused with laser hair removal or electrolysis hair removal, and although all of them use light to remove hair, there are some differences. Plain laser hair removal (generally called just “laser hair removal”) is known to cause more pain and damage to the skin, has a higher percentage of hair regrowth and its not effective on all skins and hair. Electrolysis, on the contrary, is very effective and at the moment is the only option that US FDA considers as permanent. The disadvantages of electrolysis are that it is very slow, because treats each hair separately, inserting a needle in the follicle and burning the hair with an electrical charge applied to the needle, and its cost, which is very high. IPL hair removal works good with many types of hair and skin (especially with the new machines), it’s permanent or at least semi-permanent (that means that 90% of the hair can be permanently removed) and can be applied on large areas of the body at the same time, making it cheaper in the long run, as you will need less sessions.

In the first session up to 30% of the hair can be removed permanently but best results show after six sessions. Sessions should take place every month or so, so that the hair that are not permanently removed can grow and be treated again. One session usually lasts form 15 to 30 minutes depending on the area to treat.

IPL hair removal is approved by FDA and became commercially available in the mid ’90s, after 20 years of experiments. Pregnant or breastfeeding women should not undergo IPL since the effects on the baby are not known.