No! Most clients feel little or no discomfort because the Soprano® lasers are virtually painless. You may feel a split second heat pulse from an overlooked hair from shaving and on more sensitive areas like your fingers and toes. There’s no ouch because of the DualChill® mechanism that ensures the skin surface stays cool which protects the skin and eliminates the need for pre or post treatment pain relief. 

Waxing and sugaring are uncomfortable, painful, ineffective, and endless so they’ll cost you more eventually. We suspect these treatments will become obsolete in the near future. Also, you’ll continue to shave between and prior to laser treatments so no visible regrowth needed unlike those torture treatments.

Your skin will appear smoother and the laser can virtually eliminate ingrown hairs, razor bumps, and help with keratosis pilaris (chicken legs). This condition is the result of a buildup of keratin, a hard protein that actually protects your skin, which plugs the opening of the hair follicle causing rough patches and bumps. While there is no cure, laser may help decrease those bumps caused by ingrown hairs because it destroys the entire follicle leaving no chance for a hair to curl and grow back into the skin.

Our male clients feel little or no discomfort on the neck, chest, legs and back areas. Men generally require more treatments especially those under 30 (high hormonal phase) so you can expect 10-15 treatments, 4-6 weeks apart. While we can’t remove all the hair, our clients have seen significant reductions. Laser can be done on the face but please note the heating sensation is magnified. We don’t do the scalp or genitals due to unpredictable results. 

Teens are welcome but only with parental presence and consent for all sessions. While a teen will experience significant hair reduction and/or softer regrowth (owing to puberty and hormones) more maintenance/follow up sessions may be needed through to the late teens about twice per year. To prepare, please shave area(s) to be treated once weekly for 4 weeks prior to first booking.

Laser can’t target white/grey hairs. Please note: clients using Accutane (isotretinoin) can not have laser treatments done on the facial area.

There are three phases of hair growth. Anagen is the active growth phase when the hair contains a lot of melanin and is most responsive to the laser. Catagen, the intermediate phase of the growth cycle when hairs stop growing, preps the hair follicles for telogen, the resting phase when old hairs fall out to prepare for new hairs. Only hair in the active phase can be treated and because we have millions of hair follicles that go through these cycles, you can expect more than a few treatments.

Most clients require 6-8 sessions but we’ve found that facial areas (due to hormones) and thicker skinned areas like the upper legs may require extra treatments while the bikini and underarms may require less. Everyone is different and results will also vary with factors like skin and hair colour. The Soprano®Titanium is quite effective on darker and tanned skin. Treatments are scheduled 4-6 weeks apart to allow time for a a full growth cycle.

Duration depends on the area being treated; underarms only take a few minutes while full legs are about 30 to 40 mins. or less. The Soprano®Titanium provides more coverage which shortens treatment times.

We’re women who have personally struggled with painful and ineffective hair removal and now that we’ve found a solution, we don’t think it should cost you a fortune. We own our Soprano® lasers and being a home-based salon also keeps costs down while still affording you a private entrance and professional setting where treatments can be discreetly done.