Solutions For Irritations Due To Shaving

Facial hair is thick and can be quite resistant. Just like copper wire. At Laser Hair Removal Miami we treat men and women of all skin colors, including safe laser hair removal for black skin, we come across many clients who suffer from ingrowns. Often, they’ve tried many options before seeking out laser hair removal treatments. So, if you suffer from irritated skin or ingrowns due to shaving, let’s go over some of your options:

• When shaving, it’s important to use a very dense shaving foam with the ability to soften the coarseness of a beard. The product’s PH level should be alkaline, somewhere near a PH level of 10. Softening facial hair will enable a close, irritation-free shave even for a thick, heavy beard.
• If you’ve tried the above, or other remedies, but are still developing an irritation accompanied by little hard bumps, it may be a condition called pseudofolliculitis barbae (simply put, ingrowns). This is more common in men with curly hair. Basically, what happens here is that the facial hair grows back in the skin after shaving, causing the body’s immune system to react as if the body was invaded. Tiny repeat cuts often caused by overly close shaving can also result in ingrown or trapped hairs. Generally, you don’t have to worry about this becoming infectious. However, if the condition of ingrowns persists, staphylococcus bacteria will play a role, and create infectious ingrowns.
• If you’ve tried it all, and are still experiencing ingrowns, or persistent irritated skin due to shaving, there’s good news! Laser hair removal treatments can solve your problems. After approximately 12 treatments, spaced out over 4 to 6 weeks, you’ll be feeling a lot better. Plus, any risks of unsightly scarring will be eliminated.

If you live in South Florida, and feel that at this point you need laser hair removal treatments, please feel free to call us at 305-864-8824 to schedule a free consultation.

 In the meanwhile, please have a look at some of our clients’ before and after pictures.

If You’re a Man and Balding, Consider Laser Hair Removal

Many men struggling with early baldness choose to shave their heads to get a more even or fashion forward look, even if it means complete baldness. Often, shaving of the scalp leads to painful irritations and ingrowns. If this is a familiar problem you’re having, you should consider laser hair removal treatments of the head. At Laser Hair Removal Miami, we expertly remove hair from the scalp, utilizing a natural remedy to greatly reduce any pain associated with laser hair removal for bald men.

For a free consultation, please call us at: 305.864.8824.

7 Things You Don’t Know About Your Skin

At Laser Hair Removal Miami, LLC., we try to bring you the latest news and updates related to skin care. The following article is courtesy of Yahoo!

We hope you enjoy it!

http://health.yahoo.net/articles/skin-conditions/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-your-skin

Everything You Need To Know About Hirsutism

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At our Miami med spa, we come across quite a few teens and women who clearly suffer from hirsutism (excessive hair growth in women). Years ago the school of thought was to send women who suffer from hirsutism to get their hormones checked out by an endocronologist. Unfortunately, 9 times out of 10, the tests came back as showing that nothing was wrong. What a shame, because most women who suffer from hirsutism, also suffer from poly-cystic ovarian syndrome. Clearly, something was wrong with some of our clients seeking facial laser hair removal treatments, because they had to shave their face because of the heavy hair growth. 

The question we asked time and time again was, how can a client that has such abnormal hair growth not have an issue with their hormones or endocrine system? The problem with most lab tests is that they are limited and do not always point towards hirsutism. Well, in most cases! The myth that if a lab test doesn’t positively identify a disease or health issue, than it doesn’t exist, is absolutely wrong. A negative result does not mean there is no problem, just that a particular disease is not present.

One thing is a fact- hirsutism is ALWAYS due to androgens. Androgens are commonly known as male hormones. However, before you get yourself into a panic, androgens are found in both men and women, just as estrogen is found in men. The difference is that after puberty, males have about 10 percent more androgens than their female counterparts. Testosterone is the most active androgen. The ovary and adrenal gland release testosterone. If the blood level of testosterone is elevated, it is important to find out whether it is coming from the ovary, the adrenal gland, or both.

Poly-cystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is usually the blanket diagnosis for the increased level of testosterone in women; however, hirsutism is not an accurate description of PCOS. PCOS includes signs and symptos such as: infrequent, often painful periods, failure of the ovary to release an egg cell, obesity and yes, hirsutism.

However, hirsutism is not only limited to young women, post-menopausal women may suffer from hirsutism as well. Thecal cell hyperplasia basically means that high testosterone levels are present in women pre or post-menopause. The theca cells are in the ovary and make testosterone. Theca cells lack an enzyme necessary to make estrogens themselves. It is believed that women who suffer from PCOS will also suffer from thecal cell hyperplasia. Although at this time, there are no known test to proove this theory. 

The reason why tests may come back with normal levels of androgens is because is hirsutism is not always caused by high levels of androgen in women, but by their actions. Is is possible, although not usually the case, to have high levels of androgen, and not have increased hair growth.

Women who suffer from hirsutism may have excessive hair growth around the nipples, abdomen, underarm, facial hair, genitals, as well as around the anus.  Increased testosterone levels in the adrenals and ovaries are just one explanation for hirsutism. If tests prove that your ovaries and adrenals are working fine but they still have too much hair, this can be confusing. Some women have follicles that are so sensitive to testosterone that even normal levels stimulate them.

Let’s go over the lab tests and what they should test for. First and foremost, tests should hopefully eiliminate diseases such as tumors and cancer or serious hormone imbalances. If tests prove that either the adrenals or the hormones are producing too much testosterone, there are medications that will control this imbalance. Common medications such as birth control pills, Aldactone, and topical creams such as Vaniqa may be prescribed. It may take a few months before you start seeing a difference.

We are not big fans of synthetic (lab produced) medications. We do recommend you seek hormone replacement treatments. Of course, laser hair removal is a long proven method for permanently reducing excess hair growth.

If you live in South Florida and suspect you suffer from hirsutism, we recommend you consider laser hair removal treatments. Please call for a free consultation. Be sure to mention you are coming in for hirsutism related hair removal treatments. We are open by appointment only. Please call us at: 305-864-3333.

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What Wrinkles May Say About A Woman’s Health

Thanks for stopping by Laser Hair Removal Miami, LLC. Our sister company, Bay Harbour Med Spa (located in Bay Harbour, Florida, minutes from the prestigious St. Regis Hotel), would like to turn your attention to the body’s warning signs.

The following is an excerpt from a yahoo article, published on Monday, January 23rd, 2012:

Although wrinkles are inevitable, they also may be a sign of osteoporosis. Is your furrowed brow and grooved mouth ratting out your bones? Surprising new research reveals an association between wrinkles and bone health in early-menopausal women.

The worse the wrinkling, the greater the risk of lower bone density. Most wrinkles are the result of aging, but excessive exposure to cigarette smoke or the sun can speed the process.

If you’re a woman, and can relate to any of the above information, you should schedule a bone density test wit your physician.

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