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US LASER CLINICS
Gateway East 2nd Floor
53-55 Mountain Blvd
Warren NJ 07059
Tel. : (908) 754 74 96

Our experienced medical team was trained both in the US (Harvard University) and in Europe to build and manage centers totally dedicated to cosmetic, laser and anti-aging medicine.

The most effective and most recent lasers are in our centers for your satisfaction and comfort. Our treatments are performed with lasers that have received FDA (Food & Drug Administration) approval and the EEC Health Ministries certification for the following indications:

- Permanent or long term Hair Removal

- Varicose veins removal (spider veins)

- Superficial red and blue veins removal (face and legs)

- Cellulite removal

- Photo-rejuvenation

People have practiced the same basic – and painful - Hair Removal Techniques throughout most of history. Laser hair removal represents a major scientific leap forward. Hair is removed with a beam of light produced by a LASER and projected through a fiber optic cable to the selected area on the skin. The laser produces light in a single wavelength adapted to the color of the desired target. For hair removal, the target is the hair and its follicle; both contain a dark pigment called melanin. An Alexandrite laser emits a 755nm wavelength specific for melanin. When laser light falls on a hair/follicle, the melanin absorbs the light energy and converts it into heat, burning the hair away. The beam is just strong enough to destroy hair but too weak to damage the skin. This process is called Selective Photothermolysis.

This process is called “selective” because it targets only the hair through its melanin pigment and not the skin (fair skin only). The word ”photo” means light and “thermolysis” means destruction with heat. The surrounding skin is usually cooled by an active external cooling device (cold pulsed air, cryogenic gas or spray) or by a passive cooling mechanism (a cold piece of glass underneath the hand piece), generally considered as less efficient than cold pulsed air or cryogenic gas.

Laser Hair Removal should not be confused with electric hair removal, which is also called electrolysis. This painstakingly long process destroys hairs one by one, with an electric pulse going through a needle planted in a hair shaft (in the skin) down to the follicle. Laser is less painful and much faster has replaced this old technique. Nevertheless, electrolysis may occasionally be used as a complement to laser when a couple of hairs are left on a small area.

Permanent hair removal can only occur during a hair’s growth – or anangen phase. The hair cycle has 3 phases, but the hair cycle is different from one area of the body to another. For example, on the chin, the hair cycle lasts 16 months, the number of hairs in the anagen phase is 20% and the anagen phase duration is 9 weeks. On the bikini line the hair cycle lasts 18 months, the ratio of hair in that phase is 30% and the anagen phase duration is 22 weeks. On an upper lip, the cycle lasts 9 months, the anagen phase lasts 12 weeks and the ratio of hair in that phase is 40%. Fortunately, during the anagen phase, a hair is full of melanin, making it a perfect target. Since all hairs are not in that phase at the same time, several sessions are necessary to treat a specific area. On average, 5 to 7 sessions are enough to treat most zones except the chin, the thighs and the upper back, which may require up to 9 sessions.

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