Laser Hair Removal

Laser hair removal across all body areas with a minimum recommended course of six sessions for effective permanent reduction. Coverage spans face, neck, underarms, arms, bikini, Brazilian, legs, stomach, chest, back, and hairline. Energy from the laser targets melanin in the hair follicle, disrupting the growth cycle at the active anagen phase. Sessions run twenty to forty-five minutes depending on the area treated.

Laser hair removal at Aesthetics by Melanie uses targeted laser energy to disable hair follicles in their active growth phase, achieving progressive and lasting reduction in hair density and regrowth rate across all treatable body areas. The laser wavelength is absorbed preferentially by melanin in the hair shaft and surrounding follicular matrix, converting light energy to heat that diffuses into the follicle's germinal centre — the bulge and bulb region responsible for producing new hair — and causes thermal disruption sufficient to impair or permanently disable future growth cycles. Because laser hair removal is only effective against follicles in the active anagen (growth) phase, and because different follicles cycle asynchronously, a series of sessions spaced four to eight weeks apart is required to intercept each follicle at its vulnerable growth stage. The minimum recommended course at Aesthetics by Melanie is six sessions, which for most body areas achieves significant permanent reduction — clinical studies typically report sixty to ninety per cent reduction in actively cycling follicles after a full course, with remaining follicles often producing finer, lighter regrowth. The full treatment menu covers facial areas (full face from $130+, upper lip and chin combo $70, chin-only $35, hairline $50+, sideburns $35), underarms ($60+), arms (half arms $100+), torso (chest $75+, chest and stomach combo $200+, stomach $150), bikini ($60), Brazilian ($80), legs (half legs $125+, full legs $250+), and back (half back $125+). Multiple areas can be combined in a single appointment to maximise efficiency. Treatment sessions are brief — twenty to forty-five minutes depending on the area — with mild warmth and transient redness at follicle sites that resolves within hours. Consistent sun avoidance and avoidance of hair removal methods that disturb the follicle (waxing, threading) between sessions are required to maintain treatment efficacy.