IPL Hair Reduction

Complete Skin & Beauty are committed to providing solutions to all and welcome those who are transgender or in the process of transitioning.  

As allies to the LGBTQI+ community, we aim to provide a safe and supportive environment for everyone to receive our professional services for their specific beauty, skin and hair removal needs.

With regards to hair removal services, we may require further consultation with you to ensure we provide an accurate quote for services you are seeking.  This will allow adequate time and that an appropriately skilled therapist is allocated to your treatment.  

We are honoured to be part of our clients' incredible journey, and look forward to supporting you through this time, and beyond.

Consult your doctor if you have any health concerns or are taking medications. A doctors certificate may be required in some instances before the treatment will be conducted.

Do not wax, tweeze, bleach or use depilatory creams in the area of treatment for 4 weeks prior to your appointment. For best results, avoid these alternate hair removal techniques throughout the course of your treatments.

Avoid advanced skin treatments or injectables in the area of treatment for 2 weeks prior to your IPL hair removal appointment.

Shave the area being treated on the day of your appointment leaving a small patch of hair for your therapist to review the colour and thickness to ensure the best results are achieved. If the area is not shaved an additional charge will applied to your treatment.

Please advise your therapist of any changes to medications you take/allergies you have throughout the course of treatment as this may interfere with your results.

You must avoid sun exposure to the area of treatment. Your skin will be sensitised and the risk of sun damage to your skin will be heightened. It is vital that you wear SPF 30+ daily on the area of treatment to avoid adverse effects.

Redness, inflammation and swelling to the hair follicles is normal post treatment.

No swimming, sauna's, spa's or excessive sweating for 48 hours post treatment to avoid any unwanted adverse reactions.

Avoid advanced skin treatments or injectables for 2 weeks post any IPL treatments targeting facial hair.

Do not tweeze hairs, they will fall out naturally. Use of an exfoliation mitt will assist.

Your Complete Skin & Beauty Therapist will advise you of any appropriate after care that will be necessary to help you achieve the best results.

To maximise benefits attend treatments at regular intervals as prescribed by your therapist.

Both Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) and Laser use light to heat the hair follicle to reduce hair growth, the difference between the two is the type of light used to achieve this. Laser is a focused light that penetrates to a specified depth while IPL targets multiple depth levels and is a broad spectrum light that covers a larger area.

The treatment will permanently reduce all suitable hair targeted over a course of treatments at the prescribed intervals recommended by your Therapist. Some hormonal changes, like pregnancy or certain medications can activate previously treated dormant hair follicles to begin producing hair again, these can be treated with maintenance sessions.