Dr. Kimberly Short is pleased to announce that we are offering the Sciton Laser, a state-of-the-art system specially designed to remove hair safer, faster, and less painfully than ever before.

If you have hair that appears in places you don't like or expect - like the face, neck, abdomen, breasts, arms, back, legs or bikini area, it may be time to try our Sciton Laser. The specially designed chilled-tip laser allows direct laser energy to the hair root while protecting and cooling the surrounding skin.

The length of the laser treatments are usually brief; however, some laser treatments may last more than an hour, depending on the size of the area being treated.  The laser will treat hair follicles that are in an active growth phase, so more than one treatment may be required to destroy hair follicles as they enter this growth phase.  Most patients will require 3-7 treatments at 4-6 week intervals. 

A few tips to keep in mind if you are considering laser hair reduction:
1)   Do not tan the area to be treated 3 weeks prior to your treatment
2)   Do not wax, tweeze or pluck, use a depilatory, or electrolysis 3 weeks prior to your treatment (any of the techniques listed will remove the hair from the follicle leaving you with less than optimal results)
3)   We ask that you shave the area to be treated the morning of your treatment.  When the area to be treated has been shaved the laser will spend its energy destroying the hair in the follicle versus destroying hair on the surface of the skin.

The laser treatment may cause a slight tingling sensation (compared to a sunburn); most patients tolerate this well.

The appearance of the treated area after a laser treatment will vary from patient to patient depending on the treatment and their skin type.  You may have minimal redness which will disappear a short time after the procedure.

We believe that the Sciton Laser allows us to offer our patients the best technique available for the treatment of permanent hair reduction.