FPL works by using selective light absorption to heat the hair follicle, damaging the melanin cells responsible for hair growth. This process gradually slows hair regrowth, making the hair finer and eventually stopping regrowth altogether.

You may feel a warm flick — our cooling tip keeps it comfortable.

The treatment cycle depends on your skin type to allow adequate recovery time between sessions:

• Normal Skin: Every 15-20 days

• Sensitive Skin: Every 28-30 days

Small areas (lip) take ~10 mins, larger areas (legs) 45–60 mins.

Hair does not grow all at once; it grows in different cycles. At any given time, only a portion of your hair is actively growing, while the rest is in resting or shedding phases.

Light-based hair removal treatments such as FPL or IPL are only effective on hairs in the active growth stage (anagen phase) — when the hair is still attached to the follicle and can absorb the light energy that disables its growth.

Since not all hairs are in this stage simultaneously, multiple sessions are required to target every follicle as it enters the active phase.

Hair Growth Phases:

• Anagen (Active Growth): Hair is attached to the follicle — the most effective stage for treatment.
• Catagen (Transition): Hair detaches from the follicle — less responsive to light energy.
• Telogen (Resting): Hair is dormant and not affected by light treatment.

By scheduling your sessions approximately every 3–6 weeks, new hairs can enter the anagen phase, allowing the treatment to work progressively. With consistent sessions, hair regrowth becomes finer, lighter, and slower, resulting in long-term smoothness.

It depends on your skin colour and also hormones. Most areas required 5-6 sessions. But certain areas like brazilian are more stubborn, it may require more sessions.

Pre Care Advice

• Avoid sun exposure, tanning beds, spray tan and self tanning lotions for 1 month prior to treatment.
• Use a sunscreen (SPF 30+) daily on the area to be treated one month prior to treatment.
• Commence recommended skin care program at least two weeks prior to treatment.
• Do not wax or pluck 1 month prior to treatment. You may shave as needed.
• Do not wear any metal accessories

Post Care Advice

• Apply aloe vera, cool compresses or ice packs for comfort.
• Wash your face with a gentle cleanser (no soap, perfume, alcohol etc) and cool water. Do not use any products with active ingredients such as AHA’s while the skin is irritated.
• Do not use a scrub for five days after treatment.
• Apply moisturiser after washing the area.
• Apply sunscreen (SPF 30+) every day to the area treated.
• Avoid sun exposure as much as you can, this includes solariums.
• Avoid hot bath, sauna for the next 72 hours.
• If planning to be in the sun, wear a large brimmed hat and extra SPF 30+.
• Avoid activities where you are likely to perspire heavily for 24 hours. Raising your body temperature can affect skin reactions.

• Tanned skin (has been exposed to the sun or used tanning beds in the past three to four weeks) or has recently used a self-tanning lotion
• Diseases stimulated by light (Lupus, Epilepsy)
• Use of photosensitizing medications such as: tetracycline or herbal (St John’s Wort) etc.
• Use of anticoagulants or has a history of bleeding coagulopathies.
• Fragile and dry skin. Use of Accutane (isotretinoin) Roaccutane or Tretinoin–Retin A for the treatment of acne in the previous 6-12 months.
• Active infections: herpetic lesions, cold sores (place on antiviral medication pre-treatment)
• Any inflammatory skin condition (e.g. eczema, etc.), in the area to be treated.
• Pregnancy or trying to conceive.
• Tattoos, permanent makeup, suspicious pigmented lesions (can treat around them)
• History of keloid scarring
• For Hair Reduction - Electrolysis, waxing or plucking in last 6 weeks (target has been removed)
• Planning to be in the sun following treatment
• Diabetes (unless under control)
• Cancer, in particular, skin cancer
• Hormonal Disorders (unless under control)