Many women and men suffer with the embarrassment of unwanted hair. This can cause huge psychological stress, anxiety and trauma and limit the choice of clothes you wear, and the lifestyle you lead, and relationships you have.

Whether it's fine downy hair or unsightly thick dark hair, if you have hair in places you would rather not, the chances are you are probably waxing, plucking, threading, bleaching, epilating, tweezering, using creams, shaving or all of the above on a regular basis! The downside with these temporary methods is that they require a continual daily, weekly or monthly hair management routine. Over a long period of time this can prove to be costly, time consuming, and damaging to the hair and surrounding skin.

If you have been tempted to go down the route of “permanent” hair removal, you will probably have considered, or you are maybe even undergoing, laser hair removal treatments. Recent years have seen advances in laser hair removal technology giving rise to more advanced machines capable of delivering long-term results, with little pain, that are non-invasive, capable of treating a wider range of skin colours and, hair for hair, and the time spent, can prove to cost the same as electrolysis and even professional waxing.

Finding an operator can also be difficult and until recently operators of lasers were unchecked and unmonitored. Many people suffered either by damage caused by an unqualified, untrained operator, wrong machine or because they simply did not have enough information to make a qualified judgement as to whether the treatment was suitable for them. The Healthcare Commission is an independent body, formed to regulate NHS and private healthcare providers, and all operators of lasers are required to register with them.