How Does IPL Work The interactions between skin and light The amount of light reflected varies depending on the angle at which the inital light beam arrived on the skin and on the distance it travelled through the air beforehand. At Hairfree we use a ultrasound or cooling gel to avoid any possibility of surface burns. The cooling […] Read Article
Use a great calendar system – Gettimely and acheive your goals www.gettimely.com We have been using the Get Timely system for over 2 years now and have found it works so well for our 20 centres, it also gives Head Office the ability to assist our licensees if they need changes in their system. We can have full access to the system, allowing us to do […] Read Article
Treatment for Removing hair from the lip – watch the video Sometimes we get hair growing on our top lip, this can be very distressing and you always try to work out the best way to get it removed. Should you wax, epilate, use depilitory creams. All these methods work but only in the short term, maybe 2 weeks if you are lucky. With IPL, you […] Read Article
Why is IPL better than waxing Quite simply because with waxing there is no end point. You will need to go back to the waxing therapist every 4- 6 weeks. To begin with the treatment protocols are similar every 4 – 6 weeks, but this will soon change because the IPL system will be destroying hairs in a growth phase and […] Read Article
IPL and Laser What’s the difference between IPL and Laser treatment? Pulsed light is often confused with Laser. While the basic technology is similar, the composition of the beam of light is totally different. A Laser is a monochromatic light source, which means it has only one colour or wavelength. Pulsed light is polychromatic, which mean it is […] Read Article
The Fitzpatrick Scale What is the Fitzpatrick Scale and how do you assess your skin type? The skin is the outermost organ of the body. Its colour texture and the quantity and quality of hair growth allows us to tell people apart from one another. This is genetically coded information. The outward appearance of the coded information is […] Read Article
Multiple treatments? Why do I need multiple treatments? Because we can only destroy a hair when it is in the anagen phase, that is why you need to follow your treatment protocols to ensure the best results. Generally 20% of your hair is in a growth phase. Read Article
Is it pain free? Yes, it is, because of the amazing advances in IPL technology, the hair is heated at a slower rate (we are talking milli-seconds) which results in a pain free treatment. The other great thing is the glide technology allowing us to cover larger areas very quickly and of course completely pain free. Read Article
