Island Life Magazine Ltd October/November 2010 | Page 122

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Island Life - October/November 2010
Photo: This image
was taken before
Intense Pulsed
Light (IPL) and laser
treatment. The
patient wanted
all his back hair
removed.

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the follicle is at a growing stage, hence the

clinic preferably being run by a medical

need for a course of treatment.

professional experienced in laser work.

The Orchard Cosmetic Skin Centre is

Dr Rhatigan almost always tends to favour

equipped with advanced light technology

IPL over Laser for hair removal because of

equipment that enables different settings to

the greater speed of the treatment. The laser

be applied to different hair and skin types.

spot size is 5-7mm so covering large areas is

This means that at the Orchard you can be

quite slow.

confident that your treatment will be tailored

With IPL treatment the light guides range

specifically to your requirements and will be

from 10mm to 50 mm sq, so coverage is

exactly right for you.

much faster. This means less visits and less

“There are many poor quality machines

expense for the patient. However Laser is

coming onto the market from China and

very useful to treat darker skin types and for

with the worrying deregulation of IPL and

some cases where there are individual sparse

Laser treatment by the government soon

hairs. Dr Rhatigan will be happy to give a

to happen it is likely that people will find

full assessment during the pre-treatment

cheap treatments being offered with poor

consultation.

results”, cautions Dr Rhatigan. She advises
anyone interested in having this treatment
to find somewhere which is an established
Photo: This
image was
taken after
Intense Pulsed
Light (IPL) and
laser treatment
on the patient.
As you can
see a marked
improvement.

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