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With the Rio Salon Laser Scanning Hair Remover you can now enjoy the benefits of permanent hair reduction at home. All Rio Salon Scanning Laser orders comes with FREE WORLDWIDE DELIVERY as standard.

• Suitable for leg, arm, underarm, bikini line and facial hair
• Targets multiple hairs
• Destroys hair root without affecting surrounding area
• 808nm scanning laser
• Suitable for men and women
• Eu customers will be sent the EU 2 pin version

How The Rio Scanning Laser Works

The Laser hair removal system sends a laser to the hair follicle, which destroys the root, without affecting the surrounding area. The system is pain free and can be used on unwanted hair on face, leg, arm, back and bikini line. Because it uses a light wavelength of 808nm it can treat relatively dark skin as well as fair skin types, although it is unsuitable for Afro-Caribbean skin or grey hair.

The light energy absorbed by the melanin pigment results in the rapid heating up of the hair follicle. This heat destroys the cells (papilla) responsible for hair growth. If adequate heating is achieved, then the follicle is permanently disabled resulting in a permanent reduction in hair growth.

Suitable Skin Types

Melanin in the epidermis also absorbs the energy and limits the depth of penetration of the laser light into the skin. Using a light wavelength of 808nm enables treatment of relatively dark skin as well as fair-skinned types. However, laser hair treatment is not suitable for Afro Caribbean or black skin complexions. Laser treatment is also ineffective in removal of white or grey hair. Electrolysis should be considered as an alternative treatment.

Why A Series Of Treatments Is Required

Degradation phase (catagen phase) which lasts between 10 and 20 days, during which the hair stops growing but is not yet shed. About 3-4% of our body hair is in this phase at any given time. The hair follicle shrinks at this time as the hair is prepared for eviction. Resting phase (telogen phase) which can last for several months, during which the hair falls out and a new hair begins to form. The hair follicle is not treatable during this time.

Laser treatment is only effective when the hair is in the active growth phase. Hairs or hair follicles in the Degradation or Resting phase need to progress to the active phase before treatment will be beneficial. Therefore, multiple treatments are required for long term, permanent hair reduction.

Also, in a single treatment, not all of the hair follicles in the active phase will be destroyed. Some follicles are destroyed, others may be miniaturised into vellus hairs (light, fine hairs), and some enter prolonged dormancy. The initial treatment should be repeated to take care of active hair follicles that were not effectively treated in the first session as new hair growth is observed, this will typically be some 2 to 4 weeks later depending on where the treatment area is.

Further treatments should be planned at regular intervals to clear hairs that are coming out of the resting phase and into the active growth phase. Given the number of hair follicles in the resting phase at any given time, this new hair re-growth can be significant.

Any follicles without a target hair within will simply grow again and can be treated next time round.